Coinfection With Zika and Dengue-2 Viruses in a Traveler Returning From Haiti, 2016: Clinical Presentation and Genetic Analysis

Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jan 1;64(1):72-75. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw667. Epub 2016 Sep 29.

Abstract

Zika virus and dengue virus serotype 2 were isolated from a patient with travel to Haiti who developed fever, rash, arthralgias, and conjunctivitis. The infecting Zika virus was related to Venezuelan and Brazilian strains but evolved along a lineage originating from strains isolated in 2014 in the same region of Haiti.

Keywords: Haiti; Zika virus; dengue virus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coinfection*
  • Dengue / diagnosis*
  • Dengue / virology*
  • Dengue Virus / classification
  • Dengue Virus / genetics*
  • Female
  • Haiti
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Viral
  • Serotyping
  • Symptom Assessment
  • Travel*
  • Zika Virus / classification
  • Zika Virus / genetics*
  • Zika Virus Infection / diagnosis*
  • Zika Virus Infection / virology*

Substances

  • RNA, Viral