Department of Pathology, Hospital das Clínicas, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Euro Surveill. 2016 Jul 28;21(30). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.30.30302.
Advantages of testing for Zika virus (ZIKV) in urine have been reported, such as the persistence of ZIKV in this type of specimen for up to 20 days after ZIKV disease onset. We investigate 61 patients in the first 5 days post-symptom onset and find more patients testing positive for ZIKV in plasma samples (n=46), than in corresponding urine samples (n=37). For patients respectively testing positive in both plasma and urine (n=28), respective viral loads appeared similar.
已经有报道称,检测尿液中的寨卡病毒(ZIKV)具有优势,例如,在寨卡病毒病发病后,ZIKV 在这种类型的标本中可存在长达 20 天。我们调查了发病后 5 天内的 61 名患者,发现与相应的尿液样本(n=37)相比,更多的患者在血浆样本中检测到 ZIKV 呈阳性(n=46)。对于分别在血浆和尿液中均呈阳性的患者(n=28),各自的病毒载量似乎相似。