First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Brazil
| Autor: | Camila Zanluca, Vanessa Campos Andrade de Melo, Ana Luiza Pamplona Mosimann, Glauco Igor Viana dos Santos, Claudia Nunes Duarte dos Santos, Kleber Luz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Zika virus
Brazil Microbiology QR1-502 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 |
| Zdroj: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol 110, Iss 4, Pp 569-572 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-8060 0074-0276 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0074-02760150192 |
| Popis: | In the early 2015, several cases of patients presenting symptoms of mild fever, rash, conjunctivitis and arthralgia were reported in the northeastern Brazil. Although all patients lived in a dengue endemic area, molecular and serological diagnosis for dengue resulted negative. Chikungunya virus infection was also discarded. Subsequently, Zika virus (ZIKV) was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction from the sera of eight patients and the result was confirmed by DNA sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that the ZIKV identified belongs to the Asian clade. This is the first report of ZIKV infection in Brazil. |
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