Isolation of Infective Zika Virus from Urine and Saliva of Patients in Brazil.
Myrna Cristina BonaldoIeda P RibeiroNoemia S LimaAlexandre A C Dos SantosLidiane S R MenezesStephanie O D da CruzIasmim S de MelloNathália D FurtadoElaine E de MouraLuana DamascenoKely A B da SilvaMarcia G de CastroAlexandra L GerberLuiz G P de AlmeidaRicardo Lourenço-de-OliveiraAna Tereza R VasconcelosPatrícia BrasilPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2016)
The detection of infectious ZIKV particles in urine and saliva of patients during the acute phase may represent a critical factor in the spread of virus. The epidemiological relevance of this finding, regarding the contribution of alternative non-vectorial ZIKV transmission routes, needs further investigation.