West Nile Virus Detection in Urine

West Nile Virus Detection in Urine

We report West Nile virus (WNV) RNA in urine collected from a patient with encephalitis 8 days after symptom onset. Viral RNA was detected by reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Sequence and phylogenetic analysis confirmed the PCR product to have ≥99% similarity to the WNV stra...

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Main Authors: Jessica H. Tonry, Craig B. Brown, Cecil B. Cropp, Juliene K.G. Co, Shannon N. Bennett, Vivek R. Nerurkar, Timothy Kuberski, Duane J. Gubler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Keywords: West Nile virus
urine
encephalitis patient
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/8/05-0238_article

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