Prolonged shedding of Chikungunya virus in semen and urine: A new perspective for diagnosis and implications for transmission

We report the presence of Chikungunya (CHIKV) RNA in the blood, urine and semen during the acute phase of the disease in an adult with a dual infection with Dengue virus type 3. The patient, a 25 yr-old man from Salvador, Brazil, reported a 6-day duration of high fever, arthralgia, myalgia, headache...

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Autores principales: Bandeira, Antonio Carlos, Campos, Gubio Soares, Rocha, Veronica França Diniz, Souza, Bruno Solano de Freitas, Soares, Milena Botelho Pereira, Oliveira, Alexsandro Araujo, Abreu, Yara Carvalho de, Menezes, Gabriela Sant′Ana, Sardi, Silvia Ines
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5118590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27882301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.10.007

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5118590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27882301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.10.007

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