Zika virus infects human blood mononuclear cells

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 ZIKV RNA in supernatants of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells after 72 h of ex-vivo infection^a

Donor	ZIKV viral load (PFU equivalent/mL)
D4	1589.0
D5	799.2
D6	15,700.4
D7	16,948.2
D8	6280.5
D9	4627.6
D10	5818.8
D11	1851.1
D12	1589.0
D13	1851.1
D14	11,568.3
D15	2512.3
D16	2512.3

^aTable shows viral load (PFU/mL) in culture supernatants of ex-vivo ZIKV-infected human PBMCs from each healthy donor. PFUs were determined by absolute quantification performed by RT-qPCR. ZIKV viral loads for MOCK samples were always below 0.3 PFU/mL

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