title: Zika virus infection in a traveller returning to Europe from Brazil, March 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.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Universita Degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zammarchi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tappe
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fortuna
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Remoli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Günther
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Venturi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartoloni
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidt-Chanasit
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil; D005076:Exanthema / Q000821:virology; D005334:Fever / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014195:Travel; D000071244:Zika Virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D012367:RNA, Viral