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Emerging Infectious Diseases

Authors:

Ann-Claire Gourinat, Olivia O’Connor, Elodie Calvez, Cyrille Goarant, and Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol

We describe the kinetics of Zika virus (ZIKV) detection in serum and urine samples of 6 patients. Urine samples were positive for ZIKV >10 days after onset of disease, which was a notably longer period than for serum samples. This finding supports the conclusion that urine samples are use- ful for diagnosis of ZIKV infections.

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