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

Infection

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 797-802

  Duijster, Janneke W ^a   Goorhuis, Abraham ^b   van Genderen, Perry J J ^c   Visser, Leo G ^d   Koopmans, Marion P ^e   Reimerink, Johan H ^a   Grobusch, Martin P ^b   van der Eijk, Annemiek A ^e   van den Kerkhof, Johannes H C T ^a   Reusken, Chantal B ^e   Hahné, Susan J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Harbour Hospital   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dominican Republic; Imported viral diseases; Netherlands; Surinam; Travel; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FEVER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO BITE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANT WOMAN; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SURINAME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL; YELLOW FEVER; ZIKA FEVER; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SURINAME; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84969771907     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-016-0906-y     Document Type: Article

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