Zika Virus Infection after Returning from Thailand

Detection of Zika Virus Infection in Thailand, 2012–2014

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne pathogen with reported cases in Africa, Asia, and large outbreaks in the Pacific. No autochthonous ZIKV infections have been confirmed in Thailand. However, there have been several cases reported in travelers returning from Thailand. Here we report seven cases of acute ZIKV infection in Thai residents across the country confirmed by molecular or s...

Zika Virus Disease in Traveler Returning from Vietnam to Israel

Colombia: An Israeli family of four: 37 years old male, 31 years old female and two daughters aged 8 and 2 years, all previously healthy, had traveled to Colombia for seventeen days during December 2015. Their trip included, in addition to Bogota and Subachoque (elevation 2600 m), 5 days in Girardot: a low-lying city in central Colombia (elevation 326 m). After returning to Bogota, all four ha...

Zika virus infection in a traveller returning from the Maldives, June 2015.

We report a Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in a patient with fever and rash after returning to Finland from Maldives, June 2015. The patient had dengue virus (DENV) IgG and IgM antibodies but pan-flavivirus RT-PCR and subsequent sequencing showed presence of ZIKV RNA in urine. Recent association of ZIKV with microcephaly highlights the need for laboratory differentiation of ZIKV from DENV infectio...

Zika virus infection in a traveller returning to Europe from Brazil, March 2015.

We report a case of laboratory-confirmed Zika virus infection imported into Europe from the Americas. The patient developed fever, rash, and oedema of hands and feet after returning to Italy from Brazil in late March 2015. The case highlights that, together with chikungunya virus and dengue virus, three major arboviruses are now co-circulating in Brazil. These arboviruses represent a burden for...

A cluster of Zika virus infection in a Chinese tour group returning from Fiji and Samoa

Zika virus is currently causing extensive outbreaks in a number of countries in South and Central America and the Caribbean and has been associated with foetal abnormalities. We report an outbreak of Zika virus infection in a Chinese tour-group returning from a nine day holiday in Fiji and Samoa. The index case was a 38-year old male who developed symptoms while travelling back from Fiji to Hon...

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