Zika Virus in Rectal Swab Samples

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bôtto-Menezes, Camila Helena Aguiar ; Neto, Armando Menezes ; Calvet, Guilherme Amaral ; Kara, Edna Oliveira ; Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães ; Castilho, Marcia da Costa ; Ströher, Ute ; Antunes de Brito, Carlos Alexandre ; Modjarrad, Kayvon ; Broutet, Nathalie ; Brasil, Patrícia ; Bispo de Filippis, Ana Maria ; Franca, Rafael Freitas Oliveira
• Corporate Authors:
  ZIKABRA Study Team
• Description:
  We detected Zika virus RNA in rectal swab samples from 10 patients by using real-time reverse transcription PCR, and we isolated the virus from 1 patient. The longest interval from symptom onset to detection was 14 days. These findings are applicable to diagnosis and infection prevention recommendations.
• Subjects:
  Adult Female Humans Male Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Rectum RNA, Viral Young Adult Zika Virus Zika Virus Infection
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(5):951-954
• Pubmed ID:
  31002058
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6478207
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom ; R21 AI139777/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:aa4140fb29b3950fa01befe7a33b013973432648d685cd48a699d9bdc3b63c07
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79345/cdc_79345_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.24 MB ]