Zika fever imported from Thailand to Japan, and diagnosed by PCR in the urines.

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalJournal of travel medicine
Year 2016
In July 2014, a Japanese traveller returning from Thailand was investigated for fever, headache, rash and conjunctivitis. Zika virus RNA was detected in his urine sample by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Serological tests showed cross reactivity of IgM against the dengue virus. Zika fever could be misdiagnosed or missed and should be considered in febrile patients with a rash, especially those returning from Thailand.
Epistemonikos ID: 4195cacf01aead674075ddf124d7330668048d56
First added on: Sep 01, 2024