Confirmed Zika virus infection in a Belgian traveler returning from Guatemala, and the diagnostic challenges of imported cases into Europe

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue , 2016, Pages 8-11

  De Smet, Birgit ^a   Van den Bossche, Dorien ^a   van de Werve, Charlotte ^b   Mairesse, Jacques ^b   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^c,d   Michiels, Jo ^a   Ariën, Kevin K ^a   Van Esbroeck, Marjan ^a   Cnops, Lieselotte ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Clinique Saint Pierre of Ottignies   (Belgium)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; Import; Real time RT PCR; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BELGIAN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; BELGIUM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TRAVEL RELATED DISEASE;

ADULT; BELGIUM; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; TRAVEL-RELATED ILLNESS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84964461149     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2016.04.009     Document Type: Article

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