Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2017)

Real-Time Evolution of Zika Virus Disease Outbreak, Roatán, Honduras

  • Trevor Brooks,
  • Arup Roy-Burman,
  • Cascade Tuholske,
  • Michael P. Busch,
  • Sonia Bakkour,
  • Mars Stone,
  • Jeffrey M. Linnen,
  • Kui Gao,
  • Jayleen Coleman,
  • Evan M. Bloch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.161944
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 8
pp. 1360 – 1363

Abstract

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A Zika virus disease outbreak occurred in Roatán, Honduras, during September 2015–July 2016. Blood samples and clinical information were obtained from 183 patients given a clinical diagnosis of suspected dengue virus infection. A total of 79 patients were positive for Zika virus, 13 for chikungunya virus, and 6 for dengue virus.

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