ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION IN AUSTRALIA FOLLOWING A MONKEY BITE IN INDONESIA.

Author(s)
Leung GHY
Baird RW
Druce J
Anstey NM
Publication Date
2015-05
Abstract
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.
Citation
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2015 May;46(3):460-4.
Pubmed ID
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26521519/?otool=iaurydwlib
Link
https://hdl.handle.net/10137/11446
Volume
46
Subject
Adult
Animals
Australia
Base Sequence
Bites and Stings/*complications/*virology
Exanthema/etiology
Fever/etiology
Humans
Indonesia
Macaca/*virology
Male
Nasopharynx/virology
RNA, Viral
*Zika Virus/genetics
*Zika Virus Infection/diagnosis/etiology/transmission
Title
ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION IN AUSTRALIA FOLLOWING A MONKEY BITE IN INDONESIA.
Type of document
Case Reports
Journal Article
Entity Type
Publication

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