Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
- Moulin, E.
- Selby, K.
- Cherpillod, P.
- Kaiser, L.
- Boillat-Blanco, N.
Publication date
May 2016
DOI Publisher
The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. ISSN
2052-2975 Citation count (estimate)
21Abstract
AbstractZika virus is an emerging flavivirus that is following the path of dengue and chikungunya. The three Aedes-borne viruses cause simultaneous outbreaks with similar clinical manifestations which represents a diagnostic challenge in ill returning travellers. We report the first Zika virus infection case imported to Switzerland and present a diagnostic algorithm
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