Article
Coinfections of Zika and Chikungunya Viruses in Bahia, Brazil, Identified by Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing
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SARDI, Silvia Ines et al. Coinfections of Zika and Chikungunya Viruses in Bahia, Brazil, Identified by Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, v. 54, n. 9, p. 2348-2353, 2016.
0095-1137
10.1128/JCM.00877-16
Autor
Sardi, Silvia Ines
Somasekar, Sneha
Naccache, Samia N.
Bandeira, Antonio Carlos de Albuquerque
Tauro, Laura Beatriz
Campos, Gubio Soares
Chiu, Charles Y
Resumen
HHS National Institutes of Health (NIH) (R01-HL105704 and R21-AI120977). This work, including the efforts of Charles Y. Chiu, was funded by Abbott Laboratories. Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of samples from 15 patients with documented Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in Bahia, Brazil, from April 2015 to January 2016 identified coinfections with chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in 2 of 15 ZIKV-positive cases by PCR (13.3%). While generally nonspecific, the clinical presentation corresponding to these two CHIKV/ZIKV coinfections reflected infection by the virus present at a higher titer. Aside from CHIKV and ZIKV, coinfections of other viral pathogens were not detected. The mNGS approach is promising for differential diagnosis of acute febrile illness and identification of coinfections, although targeted arbovirus screening may be sufficient in the current ZIKV outbreak setting.
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