Autor(es)Zanluca Camila, Melo Vanessa Campos Andrade de, Mosimann Ana Luiza Pamplona, Santos Glauco Igor Viana Dos, Santos Claudia Nunes Duarte Dos, Luz Kleber

ResumoIn the early 2015, several cases of patients presenting symptoms of mild fever, rash, conjunctivitis - arthralgia were reported in the northeastern Brazil. Although all patients lived in a dengue endemic area, molecular - 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 - 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.

Palavras-ChaveZika virus; "dengue-like syndrome"; Brazil

ImprentaMemo?rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, v. 110, n. 4, p. 569-572, 2015

DescritoresChikungunya virus - DNA ; Chikungunya virus - Flaviviridae ; Chikungunya virus - Molecular structure ; Chikungunya virus - Pathogenesis ; Chikungunya virus - RNA ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya virus - Serological diagnosis ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Molecular screening ; Chikungunya virus - Transmission ; Chikungunya virus - Chikungunya fever ; Chikungunya virus - Dengue ; Chikungunya virus - Epidemiology ; Chikungunya virus - Public health ; Chikungunya virus - Zika fever

Data de Publicação:2015