TY - JOUR
T1 - Zika Virus Infection in Australia following a Monkey Bite in Indonesia
AU - Leung, Grace
AU - Baird, Robert
AU - Druce, J
AU - Anstey, Nicholas
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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 isalso 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.
AB - 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 isalso 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84953719927&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Comment/debate
SN - 0125-1562
VL - 46
SP - 460
EP - 464
JO - Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
JF - Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
IS - 3
ER -
