e-Article
Prolonged Detection of Zika Virus Nucleic Acid Among Symptomatic Pregnant Women: A Cohort Study.
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Article
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Subject
*ZIKA virus infections
*LONGITUDINAL method
*POLYMERASE chain reaction
*PREGNANT women
*RNA
*DISEASE management
*REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
*PREGNANCY
*DIAGNOSIS
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1058-4838
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]