Zika virus infection in Australia following a monkey bite in Indonesia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 460-464

  Leung, Grace H Y ^a   Baird, Robert W ^a   Druce, Julian ^b   Anstey, Nicholas M ^a,c  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Monkey bite; Traveller; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BITES AND STINGS; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; EXANTHEMA; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MACACA; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BITES AND STINGS; EXANTHEMA; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MACACA; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84953719927     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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