Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness

Zika virus is an emerging flavivirus that is following the path of dengue and chikungunya. The three Aedes-borne viruses cause simultaneous outbreaks with similar clinical manifestations which represents a diagnostic challenge in ill returning travellers. We report the first Zika virus infection cas...

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Main Authors:	E. Moulin, K. Selby, P. Cherpillod, L. Kaiser, N. Boillat-Blanco
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:	New Microbes and New Infections
Subjects:	Chikungunya dengue diagnostic algorithm outbreak Zika
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297516000202

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spelling	doaj-46e18cce83b64606a05a5df30e5b58132020-11-25T00:08:54ZengElsevierNew Microbes and New Infections2052-29752016-05-0111C6710.1016/j.nmni.2016.02.003Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illnessE. Moulin0K. Selby1P. Cherpillod2L. Kaiser3N. Boillat-Blanco4Infectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandDepartment of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, Lausanne, SwitzerlandSwiss Reference Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases, Laboratory of Virology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, SwitzerlandSwiss Reference Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases, Laboratory of Virology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, SwitzerlandInfectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandZika virus is an emerging flavivirus that is following the path of dengue and chikungunya. The three Aedes-borne viruses cause simultaneous outbreaks with similar clinical manifestations which represents a diagnostic challenge in ill returning travellers. We report the first Zika virus infection case imported to Switzerland and present a diagnostic algorithm.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297516000202Chikungunyadenguediagnostic algorithmoutbreakZika
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author	E. Moulin K. Selby P. Cherpillod L. Kaiser N. Boillat-Blanco
spellingShingle	E. Moulin K. Selby P. Cherpillod L. Kaiser N. Boillat-Blanco Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness New Microbes and New Infections Chikungunya dengue diagnostic algorithm outbreak Zika
author_facet	E. Moulin K. Selby P. Cherpillod L. Kaiser N. Boillat-Blanco
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title	Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
title_short	Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
title_full	Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
title_fullStr	Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
title_full_unstemmed	Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
title_sort	simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
publisher	Elsevier
series	New Microbes and New Infections
issn	2052-2975
publishDate	2016-05-01
description	Zika virus is an emerging flavivirus that is following the path of dengue and chikungunya. The three Aedes-borne viruses cause simultaneous outbreaks with similar clinical manifestations which represents a diagnostic challenge in ill returning travellers. We report the first Zika virus infection case imported to Switzerland and present a diagnostic algorithm.
topic	Chikungunya dengue diagnostic algorithm outbreak Zika
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297516000202
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Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness

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