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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
; 46(3): 460-4, 2015 May.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26521519
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.