dc.contributor.author | Fonseca, Kevin | |
dc.contributor.author | Meatherall, Bonnie | |
dc.contributor.author | Zarra, Danielle | |
dc.contributor.author | et al. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-13T11:27:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-13T11:27:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228871/ | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12663/3330 | |
dc.description.abstract | A woman who recently traveled to Thailand came to a local emergency department with a fever and papular rash. She was tested for measles, malaria, and dengue. Positive finding for IgM antibody against dengue and a failure to seroconvert for IgG against dengue for multiple blood samples suggested an alternate flavivirus etiology. Amplification of a conserved region of the non-structural protein 5 gene of the genus Flavivirus yielded a polymerase chain reaction product with a matching sequence of 99% identity with Zika virus. A urine sample and a nasopharygeal swab specimen obtained for the measles investigation were also positive for this virus by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Subsequently, the urine sample yielded a Zika virus isolate in cell culture. This case report describes a number of novel clinical and laboratory findings, the first documentation of this virus in Canada, and the second documentation from this region in Thailand. | en_US |
dc.language | English | en_US |
dc.subject | Zika Research Project | en_US |
dc.subject | Zika Virus | en_US |
dc.subject | Zika Virus Infection | en_US |
dc.subject | Canada | en_US |
dc.subject | Thailand | en_US |
dc.title | First Case of Zika Virus Infection in a Returning Canadian Traveler | en_US |
eihealth.country | Others | en_US |
eihealth.category | Epidemiology and epidemiological studies | en_US |
eihealth.type | Research protocol information | en_US |
eihealth.maincategory | Save Lives / Salvar Vidas | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | en_US |