We thank Fontaine and colleagues for their report, which estimated the duration of Zika virus (ZIKV) RNA detection in the serum of 38 patients with symptomatic infection, and for their comments [1] on our recent article, which described the dynamics of ZIKV RNA shedding in different body fluids and the antibody response in 30 subjects with acute infection [2]. The median time from symptom onset to ZIKV RNA clearance in serum estimated by Fontaine (5 days, 95% confidence interval [CI] 4.1–5.6) was shorter than the median estimates assessed by our study [2] (11.5 days, 95% CI 9–33)

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Barzon, Luisa
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Pacenti, Monia;Cattelan, Anna Maria;Palù, Giorgio;
2018

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We thank Fontaine and colleagues for their report, which estimated the duration of Zika virus (ZIKV) RNA detection in the serum of 38 patients with symptomatic infection, and for their comments [1] on our recent article, which described the dynamics of ZIKV RNA shedding in different body fluids and the antibody response in 30 subjects with acute infection [2]. The median time from symptom onset to ZIKV RNA clearance in serum estimated by Fontaine (5 days, 95% confidence interval [CI] 4.1–5.6) was shorter than the median estimates assessed by our study [2] (11.5 days, 95% CI 9–33)
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