TY - JOUR
T1 - Confirmed Zika virus infection in a Belgian traveler returning from Guatemala, and the diagnostic challenges of imported cases into Europe
AU - De Smet, Birgit
AU - Van den Bossche, Dorien
AU - van de Werve, Charlotte
AU - Mairesse, Jacques
AU - Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas
AU - Michiels, Jo
AU - Ariën, Kevin K
AU - Van Esbroeck, Marjan
AU - Cnops, Lieselotte
N1 - NPP
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - We report the first laboratory-confirmed Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in a Belgian traveler after a three week holiday in Guatemala, December 2015. This case along with other imported cases into Europe emphases once again the need for accurate diagnostic tools for this rapidly emerging virus. The challenge is to diagnose patients in the acute phase, which appears short, as serological testing is complicated by cross-reactivity, vaccination status and scarce availability of specific ZIKV tests.
AB - We report the first laboratory-confirmed Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in a Belgian traveler after a three week holiday in Guatemala, December 2015. This case along with other imported cases into Europe emphases once again the need for accurate diagnostic tools for this rapidly emerging virus. The challenge is to diagnose patients in the acute phase, which appears short, as serological testing is complicated by cross-reactivity, vaccination status and scarce availability of specific ZIKV tests.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jcv.2016.04.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jcv.2016.04.009
M3 - A1: Web of Science-article
C2 - 27128355
SN - 1386-6532
VL - 80
SP - 8
EP - 11
JO - Journal of Clinical Virology
JF - Journal of Clinical Virology
ER -