Detection of chikungunya virus in saliva and urine

Table 3 Urines RT-PCR results for confirmed chikungunya (32 patients)

		Urine RT-PCR
		Positive	Negative
Week 1 post symptoms onset (n = 24)	Positive blood RT-PCR	2	17
Week 1 post symptoms onset (n = 24)	Positive blood IgM	0	5
After week 1 post symptoms onset (n = 8)	Positive blood RT-PCR	0	0
After week 1 post symptoms onset (n = 8)	Positive blood IgM	0	8

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