Importation of Zika Virus from Vietnam to Japan, November 2016

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Hashimoto, Takehiro ; Kutsuna, Satoshi ; Tajima, Shigeru ; Nakayama, Eri ; Maeki, Takahiro ; Taniguchi, Satoshi ; Lim, Chang-Kweng ; Katanami, Yuichi ; Takeshita, Nozomi ; Hayakawa, Kayoko ; Kato, Yasuyuki ; Ohmagari, Norio
• Description:
  We report a case of Zika virus infection that was imported to Japan by a traveler returning from Vietnam. We detected Zika virus RNA in the patient's saliva, urine, and whole blood. In the Zika virus strain isolated from the urine, we found clearly smaller plaques than in previous strains.
• Subjects:
  Adult Genome, Viral Humans Male Rna, Viral Saliva Travel Zika Virus Zika Virus Infection
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(7):1223-1225.
• Pubmed ID:
  28445122
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5512472
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Japan ; Vietnam
• Location:
  Asia ; Asia
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4b230aa293c1e98f734f18fde531120ad434965c43e6d9cffc9ed98a3f0035ae
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/46781/cdc_46781_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 526.27 KB ]