Isolation of Infective Zika Virus from Urine and Saliva of Patients in Brazil.

• Main Authors: Myrna C Bonaldo (Author), Ieda P Ribeiro (Author), Noemia S Lima (Author), Alexandre A C Dos Santos (Author), Lidiane S R Menezes (Author), Stephanie O D da Cruz (Author), Iasmim S de Mello (Author), Nathália D Furtado (Author), Elaine E de Moura (Author), Luana Damasceno (Author), Kely A B da Silva (Author), Marcia G de Castro (Author), Alexandra L Gerber (Author), Luiz G P de Almeida (Author), Ricardo Lourenço- (Author), Ana Tereza R Vasconcelos (Author), Patrícia Brasil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emergent threat provoking a worldwide explosive outbreak. Since January 2015, 41 countries reported autochthonous cases. In Brazil, an increase in Guillain-Barré syndrome and microcephaly cases was linked to ZIKV infections. A recent report describing low experime...