Confirmed Zika virus infection in a Belgian traveler returning from Guatemala,and the diagnostic challenges of imported cases into Europe |
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| Affiliation: | 1. National Reference Center for Arboviruses, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium;2. Travel Clinic, Clinique Saint-Pierre, Ottignies, Belgium;3. Biologie Clinique, Clinique Saint-Pierre, Ottignies, Belgium;4. WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, National Reference Centre for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Bernhard- Nocht, Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany;5. German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel, Hamburg, Germany;6. Unit of Virology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium;1. Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Biotechnology Research Institute (BioRI), P. O. Box 362, Kikuyu, Kenya;2. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000–00200, Kenya;3. Kenya Food Crop Research Institute, P. O. Box 30148, Nairobi, Kenya;1. Belarussian National Technical University, 65 Nezavisimosty Ave, Minsk, 220013, Belarus;2. Belarussian State University, 4 Nezavisimosty Ave, 220030, Belarus;1. Public Health Institute, Global Heath Fellows Program – II, Oakland, CA;2. Independent Consultant, Brooklyn, New York;3. Management Systems International, Arlington, VA |
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| Abstract: | We report the first laboratory-confirmed Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in a Belgian traveler after a three week holiday in Guatemala, December 2015. This case along with other imported cases into Europe emphases once again the need for accurate diagnostic tools for this rapidly emerging virus. The challenge is to diagnose patients in the acute phase, which appears short, as serological testing is complicated by cross-reactivity, vaccination status and scarce availability of specific ZIKV tests. |
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| Keywords: | Zika virus Import Europe Real-time RT-PCR |
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