First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Brazil
In the early 2015, several cases of patients presenting symptoms of mild fever, rash, conjunctivitis and arthralgia were reported in the northeastern Brazil. Although all patients lived in a dengue endemic area, molecular and serological diagnosis for dengue resulted negative. Chikungunya virus infe...
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| author | Camila Zanluca Vanessa Campos Andrade de Melo Ana Luiza Pamplona Mosimann Glauco Igor Viana dos Santos Claudia Nunes Duarte dos Santos Kleber Luz |
| author_facet | Camila Zanluca Vanessa Campos Andrade de Melo Ana Luiza Pamplona Mosimann Glauco Igor Viana dos Santos Claudia Nunes Duarte dos Santos Kleber Luz |
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| description | In the early 2015, several cases of patients presenting symptoms of mild fever, rash, conjunctivitis and arthralgia were reported in the northeastern Brazil. Although all patients lived in a dengue endemic area, molecular and serological diagnosis for dengue resulted negative. Chikungunya virus infection was also discarded. Subsequently, Zika virus (ZIKV) was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction from the sera of eight patients and the result was confirmed by DNA sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that the ZIKV identified belongs to the Asian clade. This is the first report of ZIKV infection in Brazil. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-53908df036094fb5a274d843543264d92023-09-03T09:14:18ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz1678-80602015-06-01110456957210.1590/0074-02760150192S0074-02762015000400569First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in BrazilCamila ZanlucaVanessa Campos Andrade de MeloAna Luiza Pamplona MosimannGlauco Igor Viana dos SantosClaudia Nunes Duarte dos SantosKleber LuzIn the early 2015, several cases of patients presenting symptoms of mild fever, rash, conjunctivitis and arthralgia were reported in the northeastern Brazil. Although all patients lived in a dengue endemic area, molecular and serological diagnosis for dengue resulted negative. Chikungunya virus infection was also discarded. Subsequently, Zika virus (ZIKV) was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction from the sera of eight patients and the result was confirmed by DNA sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that the ZIKV identified belongs to the Asian clade. This is the first report of ZIKV infection in Brazil.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762015000400569&lng=en&tlng=enZika virus"dengue-like syndrome"Brazil |
| spellingShingle | Camila Zanluca Vanessa Campos Andrade de Melo Ana Luiza Pamplona Mosimann Glauco Igor Viana dos Santos Claudia Nunes Duarte dos Santos Kleber Luz First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Brazil Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Zika virus "dengue-like syndrome" Brazil |
| title | First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Brazil |
| title_full | First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Brazil |
| title_fullStr | First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Brazil |
| title_short | First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Brazil |
| title_sort | first report of autochthonous transmission of zika virus in brazil |
| topic | Zika virus "dengue-like syndrome" Brazil |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762015000400569&lng=en&tlng=en |
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