Zika Virus Outside Africa

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Hayes, Edward B.
• Description:
  Zika virus (ZIKV) is a flavivirus related to yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, and Japanese encephalitis viruses. In 2007 ZIKV caused an outbreak of relatively mild disease characterized by rash, arthralgia, and conjunctivitis on Yap Island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. This was the first time that ZIKV was detected outside of Africa and Asia. The history, transmission dynamics, virology, and clinical manifestations of ZIKV disease are discussed, along with the possibility for diagnostic confusion between ZIKV illness and dengue.The emergence of ZIKV outside of its previously known geographic range should prompt awareness of the potential for ZIKV to spread to other Pacific islands and the Americas.
• Subjects:
  Aedes Animals Antibodies, Viral Child Child, Preschool Communicable Diseases, Emerging Flavivirus Flavivirus Infections Humans Infant Insect Vectors Male Mice Phylogeny RNA, Viral Synopsis Zika Virus

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(9):1347-1350.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Micronesia
• Location:
  Oceania
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f7cb521685ef86bb468594911bdaef57f228684293b0c41ea5dd2fa21ff67e4b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17894/cdc_17894_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 520.81 KB ]