Probable non-vector-borne transmission of Zika virus, Colorado, USA

Probable non-vector-borne transmission of Zika virus, Colorado, USA

Clinical and serologic evidence indicate that 2 American scientists contracted Zika virus infections while working in Senegal in 2008. One of the scientists transmitted this arbovirus to his wife after his return home. Direct contact is implicated as the transmission route, most likely as a sexually...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2011-05, Vol.17 (5), p.880-882
Hauptverfasser: Foy, Brian D, Kobylinski, Kevin C, Chilson Foy, Joy L, Blitvich, Bradley J, Travassos da Rosa, Amelia, Haddow, Andrew D, Lanciotti, Robert S, Tesh, Robert B
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Animals
arbovirus
Cercopithecus aethiops
Colorado
Disease transmission
Dispatch
Exanthema - etiology
Female
flavivirus
Humans
Infection
Male
Mice
Mosquitoes
non–vector-borne transmission
RNA, Viral - genetics
Serologic Tests
Surveys
Vero Cells
viruses
Zika virus
Zika Virus - genetics
Zika Virus - pathogenicity
Zika Virus Infection - complications
Zika Virus Infection - diagnosis
Zika Virus Infection - transmission
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Zusammenfassung:Clinical and serologic evidence indicate that 2 American scientists contracted Zika virus infections while working in Senegal in 2008. One of the scientists transmitted this arbovirus to his wife after his return home. Direct contact is implicated as the transmission route, most likely as a sexually transmitted infection.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1705.101939