Case report: First case of Zika virus infection in a returning Canadian traveler

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1035-1038

  Fonseca, Kevin ^a,e   Meatherall, Bonnie ^d,e   Zarra, Danielle ^a   Drebot, Michael ^b,c   MacDonald, Judy ^d,e   Pabbaraju, Kanti ^a   Wong, Sallene ^a   Webster, Patricia ^d   Lindsay, Robbin ^b,c   Tellier, Raymond ^a,d  

^a PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; DENGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPULAR RASH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND; TRAVEL; URINALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; ZIKA VIRUS; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; FOLLOW UP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY;

FLAVIVIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CANADA; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 84910643404     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0151     Document Type: Article

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