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Prolonged Detection of Zika Virus Nucleic Acid Among Symptomatic Pregnant Women: A Cohort Study

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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 67, Issue 4, Pages 624-627

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy209

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  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  2. Center for AIDS Research at Emory University [NIH P30AI050409]

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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.

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