Zika virus in rectal swab samples

Amazonas State University, Manaus, AM, Brazil / Tropical Medicine Foundation Doctor Heitor Vieira Dourado. Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland.
Tropical Medicine Foundation Doctor Heitor Vieira Dourado. Manaus, AM, Brazil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Tropical Medicine Foundation Doctor Heitor Vieira Dourado. Manaus, AM, Brazil.
World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Silver Spring, MD, USA.
World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Recife, PE, Brasil.

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Zika virus
Rectal swab samples

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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BÔTTO-MENEZES, Camila Helena Aguiar et al. Zika virus in rectal swab samples. Emerging Infectious Diseases, v. 25, n. 5, p. 951-954, May 2019.

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10.3201/eid2505.180904

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1080-6040

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/33323

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