Severe Thrombocytopenia after Zika Virus Infection, Guadeloupe, 2016

Zika Virus Infection Associated With Severe Thrombocytopenia.

We report two patients that developed severe thrombocytopenia after Zika virus (ZIKV) infection. The first patient had 1000 platelets/μL and died after multiple hemorrhages. The second patient had 2000 platelets/μL, had melena and ecchymoses, and recovered after receiving intravenous immunoglobulin. ZIKV may be associated with immune-mediated severe thrombocytopenia.

Main Characteristics of Zika Virus Exanthema in Guadeloupe.

Main Characteristics of Zika Virus Exanthema in Guadeloupe Zika virus (ZIKV) has recently started to spread in the Americas leading to successive outbreaks from Brazil to the French West Indies.1 The virus was declared a public health emergency by theWorldHealthOrganization because of its unpredictable associated morbidity (eg, fatal outcomes and severe neurologic complications).1 However, the ...

Zika Virus Infection after Returning from Thailand

Questions your patients may have about Zika virus.

The World Health Organization has declared the Zika virus a public health emergency. The agency said that the evidence for a link between the virus and the increase in cases of babies with microcephaly and a spike in cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome was growing. Here is advice you can use to answer questions your patients may have about Zika virus. I’m pregnant and have a holiday planned to Gua...

Zika virus infection in 18 travellers returning from Surinam and the Dominican Republic, The Netherlands, November 2015–March 2016

PURPOSE We report 18 cases of confirmed Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in travellers returning to the Netherlands from Surinam (South America, bordering northern Brazil) and the Dominican Republic. METHODS In a multi-centre study, we collected epidemiological, virological and clinical characteristics, as well as data on travel history, underlying illness and laboratory results of the 18 imported...