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Case Reports
. 2017 Dec;23(12):2120-2121.
doi: 10.3201/eid2312.171375. Epub 2017 Dec 17.

Detection of Zika Virus in April 2013 Patient Samples, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sonia R Lambert Passos, Maria A Borges Dos Santos, José Cerbino-Neto, Sibelle N Buonora, Thiago M L Souza, Raquel V C de Oliveira, Alexandre Vizzoni, Giselle Barbosa-Lima, Yasmine R Vieira, Marcondes Silva de Lima, Yara H M Hökerberg
Case Reports

Detection of Zika Virus in April 2013 Patient Samples, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sonia R Lambert Passos et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Dec.

Abstract

We tested 210 dengue virus‒negative samples collected from febrile patients during a dengue virus type 4 outbreak in Rio de Janeiro in April 2013 and found 3 samples positive for Zika virus. Our findings support previously published entomological data suggesting Zika virus was introduced into Brazil during October 2012-May 2013.

Keywords: Brazil; ZIKV; Zika virus; Zika virus infection; communicable diseases; dengue outbreak; emerging; epidemiological monitoring; vector-borne infections; viruses; zoonoses.

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