1. Laboratory Acquired Zika Virus Infection Through Mouse Bite: A Case Report
- Author
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Paula Pezzuto, Raissa R. Christoff, Patricia P. Garcez, Filipe R. R. Moreira, Mariane Talon de Menezes, Liane de Jesus Ribeiro, Orlando da Costa Ferreira Júnior, Luiza M. Higa, Amilcar Tanuri, Richard Araújo Maia, and Renato S. Aguiar
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biology ,business.industry ,Transmission (medicine) ,viruses ,030231 tropical medicine ,transmission ,biology.organism_classification ,Virology ,Genome ,Virus ,Zika virus ,03 medical and health sciences ,Flavivirus ,AcademicSubjects/MED00290 ,Zika ,0302 clinical medicine ,Infectious Diseases ,Oncology ,Mouse bite ,mouse bites ,Medicine ,Novel ID Cases ,030212 general & internal medicine ,business - Abstract
Zika virus is an arthropod-borne flavivirus mainly transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes. However, alternative transmission routes can occur. In this study, we show the accidental transmission of virus from an infected mouse to a human during the experimental manipulation. This study describes the patient clinical manifestations and virus genome identification., We describe a new route of transmission of Zika virus from an infected mouse to human during experimental manipulation.
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- 2020