Prolonged Detection of Zika Virus Nucleic Acid Among Symptomatic Pregnant Women: A Cohort Study. (9th March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lozier, Matthew J; Rosenberg, Eli S; Doyle, Kate; Adams, Laura; Klein, Liore; Muñoz-Jordan, Jorge; Alvarado, Luisa I; Sharp, Tyler M; Paz-Bailey, Gabriela
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 67:Number 4(2018)
• Page Start: 624
• Page End: 627
• Publication Date: 2018-03-09
• Subjects: Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy209
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

Abstract: A prospective cohort of women with reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) confirmed Zika virus infection aged 18–39 years in Puerto Rico found that pregnant women have about a 3-fold longer estimated median detection of Zika virus RNA in serum, which can increase definitive diagnosis of infection and facilitate timely and appropriate clinical management.