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Review
. 2021 May;27(5):1296-1300.
doi: 10.3201/eid2705.203602.

Case Series of Laboratory-Associated Zika Virus Disease, United States, 2016-2019

Susan L Hills, Andrea Morrison, Shawna Stuck, Kayleigh Sandhu, Krystal L Mason, Danielle Stanek, Julie Gabel, Matthew A Osborne, Betsy A Schroeder, Edhelene Rico, Cherie L Drenzek, Glen R Gallagher, Jennifer Fiddner, Lea A Heberlein-Larson, Catherine M Brown, Marc Fischer
Review

Case Series of Laboratory-Associated Zika Virus Disease, United States, 2016-2019

Susan L Hills et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 May.

Abstract

Zika virus diagnostic testing and laboratory research increased considerably when Zika virus began spreading through the Americas in 2015, increasing the risk for potential Zika virus exposure of laboratory workers and biomedical researchers. We report 4 cases of laboratory-associated Zika virus disease in the United States during 2016-2019. Of these, 2 were associated with needlestick injuries; for the other 2 cases, the route of transmission was undetermined. In laboratories in which work with Zika virus is performed, good laboratory biosafety practices must be implemented and practiced to reduce the risk for infection among laboratory personnel.

Keywords: Zika virus; flavivirus; laboratory; mosquito-borne diseases; needlestick; occupational; vector-borne diseases; viruses; zoonoses.

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