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Zika Virus Infection in Tourists Travelling to Thailand: Case Series Report

Zika Virus Infection in Tourists Travelling to Thailand: Case Series Report

Authors :
Natàlia Romaní
Marie Antoinette Frick
Elena Sulleiro
Carlota Rodó
María Espiau
Diana Pou
Aroa Silgado
Anna Suy
Tomás Pumarola
Pere Soler-Palacín
Antoni Soriano-Arandes
Source :
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 3 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2020.

Abstract

Thailand is a popular tourist destination where Zika virus (ZIKV) transmission is currently active. To our knowledge, there are no reports of ZIKV infection imported from Thailand and affecting children. Here, we describe the clinical and microbiological findings in three cases of vector-borne ZIKV infection: An 11-year-old boy, a 2-year-old girl, and her pregnant mother, this last case leading to the prenatal exposure of her second baby to ZIKV in the second trimester of pregnancy. All patients were diagnosed after traveling to Thailand between September 2019 and January 2020. No complications were detected in any patient at follow-up, and the prenatally exposed fetus showed no abnormalities during intensive antenatal health care monitoring. On postnatal study, there were no clinical signs or microbiological findings of mother-to-child ZIKV transmission. ZIKV IgG was initially positive, but seroreversion occurred at 4 months of life. This report describes the clinical and serological evolution of vector-borne ZIKV infection occurring in dengue-naïve tourists returning from Thailand. The World Health Organization currently recommends that pre-travel advice to prevent arbovirus infection should be maintained in travelers to Southeast Asia.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
24146366
Volume :
6
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.09b85a1ff9b64ceb82cf9087fb2aca7f
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6010003