Laboratory findings in Zika infection: the experience of a reference centre in North-West Italy

Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne member of the Flaviviridae family, is the focus of a great public health concern due to its association with fetal malformation and neurologic disease. While ZIKV was previously limited to sporadic cases in Africa and Asia, but in the year 2015 it rapidly spread to Brazil and throughout the Americas and Caribbean causing 0.5 –1.5 million human infections [1–5]. Moreover, in 2016, due to the Olympic Games in Brazil, an increasing number of travelers from the Americas have been observed during the period of vector activity (May–November).

Source: Journal of Clinical Virology - January 21, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Elisa Burdino, Maria Grazia Milia, Tiziano Allice, Gabriella Gregori, Tina Ruggiero, Guido Calleri, Filippo Lipani, Anna Lucchini, Giulietta Venturi, Giovanni Di Perri, Valeria Ghisetti Source Type: research