Universität zu Köln

Mletzko, Judith and Schildgen, Oliver ORCID: 0000-0003-4297-9627 (2018). Absence of Zika virus in abortion and placental tissue in a German cohort. Rev. Med. Microbiol., 29 (1). S. 17 - 20. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS. ISSN 1473-5601

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Abstract

In this study, we verified the hypothesis that the Zika virus (ZIKV) so far solely occurs as an imported zoonosis and is not yet circulating in a cohort in Germany. We have tested tissue specimens from abortions and placentas collected from 300 patients treated at the gynecology department of our hospital. Not surprisingly, although control specimens tested positive for ZIKV by reverse transcription-PCR, none of the tissue specimens contained viral RNA, thus supporting the hypothesis that ZIKV spread is limited to tropical and subtropical areas. Copyright (C) 2018Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Mletzko, Judith UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schildgen, Oliver UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-4297-9627 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-204786
DOI:	10.1097/MRM.0000000000000121
Journal or Publication Title:	Rev. Med. Microbiol.
Volume:	29
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 17 - 20
Date:	2018
Publisher:	LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Place of Publication:	PHILADELPHIA
ISSN:	1473-5601
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language FEVER; DNA Multiple languages Microbiology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/20478