Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 19, Issue 4, 30 January 2014
Rapid communications
Two cases of Zika fever imported from French Polynesia to Japan, December to January 2013
S Kutsuna <SUP>1</SUP>, Y Kato<SUP>1</SUP>, T Takasaki<SUP>2</SUP>, M L Moi<SUP>2</SUP>, A Kotaki<SUP>2</SUP>, H Uemura<SUP>1</SUP>, T Matono<SUP>1</SUP>, Y Fujiya<SUP>1</SUP>, M Mawatari<SUP>1</SUP>, N Takeshita<SUP>1</SUP>, K Hayakawa<SUP>1</SUP>, S Kanagawa<SUP>1</SUP>, N Ohmagari<SUP>1</SUP>
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<SUP>1</SUP>National Center for Global health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tokyo, Japan - 2 Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, Japan
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Citation style for this article: Kutsuna S, Kato Y, Takasaki T, Moi ML, Kotaki A, Uemura H, Matono T, Fujiya Y, Mawatari M, Takeshita N, Hayakawa K, Kanagawa S, Ohmagari N. Two cases of Zika fever imported from French Polynesia to Japan, December to January 2013 . Euro Surveill. 2014;19(4)
ii=20683. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20683
Date of submission: 19 January 2014
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We present two cases of imported Zika fever to Japan, in travellers returning from French Polynesia, where an outbreak due to Zika virus (ZIKV) is ongoing since week 41 of 2013. This report serves to raise awareness among healthcare professionals, that the differential diagnosis of febrile and subfebrile patients with rash should include ZIKV infection, especially in patients returning from areas affected by this virus.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 19, Issue 4, 30 January 2014
Rapid communications
Two cases of Zika fever imported from French Polynesia to Japan, December to January 2013
S Kutsuna <SUP>1</SUP>, Y Kato<SUP>1</SUP>, T Takasaki<SUP>2</SUP>, M L Moi<SUP>2</SUP>, A Kotaki<SUP>2</SUP>, H Uemura<SUP>1</SUP>, T Matono<SUP>1</SUP>, Y Fujiya<SUP>1</SUP>, M Mawatari<SUP>1</SUP>, N Takeshita<SUP>1</SUP>, K Hayakawa<SUP>1</SUP>, S Kanagawa<SUP>1</SUP>, N Ohmagari<SUP>1</SUP>
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<SUP>1</SUP>National Center for Global health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tokyo, Japan - 2 Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, Japan
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Citation style for this article: Kutsuna S, Kato Y, Takasaki T, Moi ML, Kotaki A, Uemura H, Matono T, Fujiya Y, Mawatari M, Takeshita N, Hayakawa K, Kanagawa S, Ohmagari N. Two cases of Zika fever imported from French Polynesia to Japan, December to January 2013 . Euro Surveill. 2014;19(4)
ii=20683. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20683 Date of submission: 19 January 2014
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We present two cases of imported Zika fever to Japan, in travellers returning from French Polynesia, where an outbreak due to Zika virus (ZIKV) is ongoing since week 41 of 2013. This report serves to raise awareness among healthcare professionals, that the differential diagnosis of febrile and subfebrile patients with rash should include ZIKV infection, especially in patients returning from areas affected by this virus.
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