Prolonged detection of Zika virus RNA in urine samples during the ongoing Zika virus epidemic in Brazil

Affiliations

• ¹ Microbiology Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• ² Microbiology Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Noel Nutels Central Laboratory (LACEN), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• ³ Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany.
• ⁴ Noel Nutels Central Laboratory (LACEN), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Institute of Public Health, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• ⁵ Noel Nutels Central Laboratory (LACEN), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• ⁶ Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Germany.
• ⁷ Microbiology Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: davisf@micro.ufrj.br.