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J Travel Med. 2016 Jan 18;23(1). pii: tav011. doi: 10.1093/jtm/tav011. Print 2016 Jan.

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

Shinohara K1, Kutsuna S2, Takasaki T3, Moi ML3, Ikeda M3, Kotaki A3, Yamamoto K1, Fujiya Y1, Mawatari M1, Takeshita N1, Hayakawa K1, Kanagawa S1, Kato Y1, Ohmagari N1.

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1
Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan and.
2
Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan and sonare.since1192@gmail.com.
3
Department of Virology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

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.

© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of International society of travel medicine. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

KEYWORDS:

Flaviviridae; Mosquito-borne disease; Zika fever

PMID:
26782128
DOI:
10.1093/jtm/tav011
[Indexed for MEDLINE]

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