Zika virus infection in a traveller returning to Europe from Brazil, March 2015

L Zammarchi; D Tappe; C Fortuna; M E Remoli; S Günther; G Venturi; A Bartoloni; J Schmidt-Chanasit

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.23.21153

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Zika virus infection in a traveller returning to Europe from Brazil, March 2015
L Zammarchi¹ , D Tappe² , C Fortuna³ , M E Remoli³ , S Günther² , G Venturi³ , A Bartoloni¹ , J Schmidt-Chanasit²
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Affiliations: ¹ Clinica Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Università Degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy ² Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, National Reference Centre for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Hamburg, Germany ³ Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediate Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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A Bartoloni
alessandro.bartoloni unifi.it
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Citation style for this article: Zammarchi L, Tappe D, Fortuna C, Remoli M E, Günther S, Venturi G, Bartoloni A, Schmidt-Chanasit J. Zika virus infection in a traveller returning to Europe from Brazil, March 2015. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(23):pii=21153. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.23.21153 Received: 05 Jun 2015

Abstract

We report a case of laboratory-confirmed Zika virus infection imported into Europe from the Americas. The patient developed fever, rash, and oedema of hands and feet after returning to Italy from Brazil in late March 2015. The case highlights that, together with chikungunya virus and dengue virus, three major arboviruses are now co-circulating in Brazil. These arboviruses represent a burden for the healthcare systems in Brazil and other countries where competent mosquito vectors are present.