Two cases of Zika fever imported from French Polynesia to Japan, December 2013 to January 2014

Author:

Kutsuna S1,Kato Y1,Takasaki T2,Moi M L2,Kotaki A2,Uemura H1,Matono T1,Fujiya Y1,Mawatari M1,Takeshita N1,Hayakawa K1,Kanagawa S1,Ohmagari N1

Affiliation:

1. National Center for Global health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tokyo, Japan

2. Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

We present two cases of imported Zika fever to Japan, in travellers returning from French Polynesia, where an outbreak due to Zika virus (ZIKV) is ongoing since week 41 of 2013. This report serves to raise awareness among healthcare professionals, that the differential diagnosis of febrile and subfebrile patients with rash should include ZIKV infection, especially in patients returning from areas affected by this virus.

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

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