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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Matheus, Séverine ; de Laval, Franck ; Moua, David ; N’Guyen, Christophe ; Martinez, Enguerrane ; ... More +
Matheus, Séverine ; de Laval, Franck ; Moua, David ; N’Guyen, Christophe ; Martinez, Enguerrane ; Rousset, Dominique ; Briolant, Sébastien ; Less -
Description:
We collected venous and capillary serum samples from 21 Zika virus‒infected patients on multiple days after symptom onset and found RNA load was higher and median duration of virus detection significantly longer in capillary than in venous blood. These findings raise questions about the role of the capillary compartment in virus transmission dynamics.
Subject:
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Capillaries
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
RNA, Viral
Veins
Viral Load
Zika Virus
Zika Virus Infection

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 23(11):1910-1911. ;
Pubmed ID:
28930015
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5652410
Document Type:
Letter ;
Place as Subject:
French Guiana ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:7a7b92c77b1030c365a0ff44441f66509057ab8ae3b58c6f6ce3f22e2d2ca057
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