Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2017)

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.171375
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 12
pp. 2120 – 2121

Abstract

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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.

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