Evaluating Differences in Whole Blood, Serum, and Urine Screening Tests for Zika Virus, Puerto Rico, USA, 2016

Evaluating Differences in Whole Blood, Serum, and Urine Screening Tests for Zika Virus, Puerto Rico, USA, 2016

We evaluated nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) for Zika virus on whole-blood specimens compared with NAAT on serum and urine specimens among asymptomatic pregnant women during the 2015–2016 Puerto Rico Zika outbreak. Using NAAT, more infections were detected in serum and urine than in whole...

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Main Authors: Asher Y. Rosinger, Samantha M. Olson, Sascha R. Ellington, Janice Perez-Padilla, Regina M. Simeone, Caitlin S. Pedati, Betsy A. Schroeder, Gilberto A. Santiago, Freddy A. Medina, Jorge L. Muñoz-Jordán, Laura E. Adams, Romeo R. Galang, Miguel Valencia-Prado, Sonia Bakkour, Candimar Colón, Mary Goodwin, Dana Meaney-Delman, Jennifer S. Read, Lyle R. Petersen, Denise J. Jamieson, Carmen C. Deseda, Margaret A. Honein, Brenda Rivera-García, Carrie K. Shapiro-Mendoza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Zika virus
PCR
pregnancy
whole blood
Puerto Rico
outbreak
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/5/20-3960_article

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