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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Dis Clin Pract (Baltim Md). 2018 Nov;26(6):e80–e84. doi: 10.1097/IPC.0000000000000654

Table 2.

Arboviral Studies and Cerebrospinal Fluid

Variable (reference)a PSOD 3 (Presentation OSH) PSOD 13 PSOD 63
Arboviral Studies


Zika PCR Serum ZIKV RT-PCR (+) ZIKV RT-PCR (−)

Urine ZIKV RT-PCR (+) ZIKV RT-PCR (+)

Cerebrospinal Fluid ZIKV RT-PCR (−)

IgM ELISA Serumb Negative Presumptive Positive Presumptive Positive

Cerebrospinal Fluid Presumptive Positive

Serum PRNTc Zika Negative (<10) Positive (320) Positive (320)

Dengue Positive (160) Positive (20,480) Positive (2,560)

Dengue (<1.65) IgM 1.58 ISR

(<1.65) IgG 7.72 ISR

West Nile (−)

Chikungunya IgM (−)

IgG (−)
Cerebrospinal Fluidd


Glucose (40–80) 71


Protein (15–45) 51.5


Red Blood Cell (0–3) 4


White Blood Cell (0–5) 6


Differentials (%) Neutrophils (0–7) 12


Lymphocytes (28–96) 78


Monocytes (16–56) 10
a

Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and 2, Hepatitis C, Syphilis antibody, Lyme, oligoclonal bands, John Cunningham virus in Cerebrospinal Fluid negative. Epstein-Barre Virus and Cytomegalovirus were IgG positive, IgM negative.

b

Zika IgM Antibody Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Zika MAC-ELISA)

c

Arbovirus Plaque Reduction Neutralization Test (PRNT)

d

Cerebrospinal Fluid- only 50 white blood cells seen on cytospin smear Gram stain, Varicella-Zoster and Lyme Total Antibody screen- negative.