Autor(es): Leung G.H., Baird R.W., Druce J., Anstey N.M.

Resumo: A traveller returning to Australia developed Zika virus infection, with fever, rash and conjunctivitis, with onset five days after a monkey bite in Bali, Indonesia. Flavivirus RNA detected on PCR from a nasopharyngeal swab was sequenced and identified as Zika virus. Although mosquito-borne transmission is also possible, we propose the bite as a plausible route of transmission. The literature for non-vector transmissions of Zika virus and other flaviviruses is reviewed.

Palavras-Chave: genetics, transmission, virology

Imprenta: The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health, v. 46, n. 3, p. 460-464, may 2015

Descritores: Zika virus - Flaviviridae ; Zika virus - RNA ; Zika virus - RNA virus ; Zika virus - Transmission ; Zika virus - Public health ; Zika virus - Zika fever

Data de publicação: 2015

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