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

Resumo: In 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-Chave: Zika virus; "dengue-like syndrome"; Brazil

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

Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1590/0074-02760150192 

Descritores: Chikungunya 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

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