Three cases of Zika virus imported in Italy: Need for a clinical awareness and evidence-based knowledge

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Nicastri, Emanuele ^a   Pisapia, Raffaella ^a   Corpolongo, Angela ^a   Fusco, Francesco Maria ^a   Cicalini, Stefania ^a   Scognamiglio, Paola ^a   Castilletti, Concetta ^a   Bordi, Licia ^a   Di Caro, Antonino ^a   Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria ^a   Puro, Vincenzo ^a   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emerging or re emerging diseases; Imported viral diseases; Pregnancy; Surveillance; Travel; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMPORT DISEASE; ITALY; JOINT SWELLING; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALAISE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL; ZIKA FEVER; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; TRAVEL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84998812206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1973-5     Document Type: Article

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