Isolation of infectious Zika virus from saliva and prolonged viral RNA shedding in a traveller returning from the Dominican Republic to Italy, January 2016.

Barzon, Luisa; Pacenti, Monia; Berto, Alessandro; Sinigaglia, Alessandro; Franchin, Elisa; Lavezzo, Enrico; Brugnaro, Pierluigi; Palù, Giorgio

Barzon, Luisa; Pacenti, Monia; Berto, Alessandro; Sinigaglia, Alessandro; Franchin, Elisa; Lavezzo, Enrico; Brugnaro, Pierluigi; Palù, Giorgio.

Affiliation

Barzon L; Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Euro Surveill ; 21(10): 30159, 2016.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26987769

Subject(s)

Saliva/virology; Virus Shedding; Zika Virus Infection/diagnosis; Zika Virus Infection/virology; Zika Virus/isolation & purification; Dominican Republic; Humans; Italy; RNA, Viral/genetics; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sequence Analysis, RNA; Travel; Young Adult; Zika Virus/genetics

Key words

Zika virus; diagnosis; genome sequencing; saliva; transmission; virus isolation

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Saliva / Virus Shedding / Zika Virus / Zika Virus Infection Limits: Adult / Humans Country/Region as subject: Caribe ingles / Dominica / Europa / Republica dominicana Language: En Journal: Euro Surveill Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2016 Type: Article Affiliation country: Italy

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