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Zika virus infections imported to Portugal, the National Reference Laboratory experience: The importance of sample collection time lapse in diagnosis

dc.contributor.authorZé-Zé, L.M.
dc.contributor.authorAlves, M.J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-21T12:02:20Z
dc.date.available2020-10-01T00:30:10Z
dc.date.issued2016-09
dc.descriptionPresentation at ESCV 2016: Oral 39pt_PT
dc.description.abstractZika virus (ZIKV) belongs to the genus Flavivirus and was first isolated from the blood of a febrile sentinel rhesus monkey during a study of yellow fever in 1947, in Zika Forest, Uganda. ZIKV is transmitted by Aedes sp. Mosquitoes, as Dengue, Yellow fever and Chikungunya viruses, and was until recently considered a mild pathogenic mosquito-borne flavivirus with very few reported human cases of self-limiting acute febrile illnesses most often with maculopapular rash, headache, malaise and conjunctivitis, all followed by full recovery without sequel. During 60 years, cases of ZIKV infections were detected only sporadically in Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. (...)pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationAbstracts / Journal of Clinical Virology. 2016;82(Suppl):S21. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2016.08.040pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jcv.2016.08.040pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1386-6532
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/4304
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1386653216302323pt_PT
dc.subjectZika Viruspt_PT
dc.subjectFlaviviruspt_PT
dc.subjectLaboratory Experiencept_PT
dc.subjectSample Collectionpt_PT
dc.subjectDiagnosispt_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.subjectNational Reference Laboratorypt_PT
dc.subjectInfecções Sistémicas e Zoonosespt_PT
dc.titleZika virus infections imported to Portugal, the National Reference Laboratory experience: The importance of sample collection time lapse in diagnosispt_PT
dc.typeconference object
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceLisboa, Portugalpt_PT
oaire.citation.endPageS21pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPageS21pt_PT
oaire.citation.title19th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Virology, 14-17 September 2016pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume82(Suppl)pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typeconferenceObjectpt_PT

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