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. 2016 Jun 30;21(26).
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.26.30269.

Detection of Zika virus RNA in whole blood of imported Zika virus disease cases up to 2 months after symptom onset, Israel, December 2015 to April 2016

Yaniv Lustig  1 , Ella Mendelson, Nir Paran, Sharon Melamed, Eli Schwartz
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Detection of Zika virus RNA in whole blood of imported Zika virus disease cases up to 2 months after symptom onset, Israel, December 2015 to April 2016

Yaniv Lustig et al. Euro Surveill. .
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Abstract

Zika virus RNA presence in serum, whole-blood and urine samples from six Israeli travellers symptomatic for Zika virus disease was examined. Whole-blood samples were positive for as late as 2 months (58 days) post-symptom onset, longer than for urine (26 days) and serum (3 days). These findings suggest the utility of whole blood in Zika infection diagnosis.

Keywords: Israel; Zika RNA; serum; urine; whole blood.

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