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Detection of Zika virus in a traveller from Vietnam to Japan
Yuichi Katanami1, Satoshi Kutsuna1, Satoshi Taniguchi2
1Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.
Journal of Travel Medicine
|May 13, 2017
Abstract:
We report an imported case of Zika fever in a traveller from Vietnam. Zika virus (ZIKV) is currently widespread in Vietnam. Ongoing transmission of ZIKV has been reported in Southeast Asia, and with frequent travel between neighbouring regions, careful surveillance for imported cases is needed.
