Zika virus infection

Laurence Pougnet1, Chloé Thill2, Richard Pougnet3

  • 1Laboratoire de biologie médicale, Hôpital d'instruction des armées Clermont-Tonnerre, CC 41, Brest, France.

A 21-year old woman from New-Caledonia had 40 ̊C fever with vomiting, arthralgia, myalgia, and measles-like rash. Etiological analyses showed primary infection with Zika virus. Because of severe clinical presentation, she was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Brest military Hospital. Zika virus is mainly transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. If they settle in Metropolitan France, Zika virus might also spread there.