A family cluster of imported ZIKV cases: Viremia period may be longer than previously reported

Journal of Infection

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 300-303

  Wu, De ^a,b   Sun, Jiufeng ^a,b   Zhong, Haojie ^a,b   Guan, Dawei ^a,b   Zhang, Huan ^a,b   Tan, Qiqi ^a,b   Zhou, Huiqiong ^a,b   Ning, Dan ^a,b   Ke, Changwen ^a,b   Song, Tie ^a,b   Lin, Jinyan ^a,b   Zhang, Yonghui ^a,b   Koopmans, Marion ^c   Gao, George F ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance   (China)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; INFUSION FLUID; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALAISE; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MYALGIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAIN; PHARYNGITIS; PHYLOGENY; PRURITUS; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AMERICA; URINALYSIS; VENEZUELA; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; FAMILY; TIME FACTOR; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; VIREMIA; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84979642863     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.06.008     Document Type: Letter

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