Two cases of Zika fever imported from French Polynesia to Japan, December 2013 to January 2014

S Kutsuna; Y Kato; T Takasaki; M L Moi; A Kotaki; H Uemura; T Matono; Y Fujiya; M Mawatari; N Takeshita; K Hayakawa; S Kanagawa; N Ohmagari

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.4.20683

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Two cases of Zika fever imported from French Polynesia to Japan, December 2013 to January 2014
S Kutsuna¹ , Y Kato¹ , T Takasaki² , M L Moi² , A Kotaki² , H Uemura¹ , T Matono¹ , Y Fujiya¹ , M Mawatari¹ , N Takeshita¹ , K Hayakawa¹ , S Kanagawa¹ , N Ohmagari¹
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Affiliations: ¹ National Center for Global health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tokyo, Japan ² Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, Japan

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Citation style for this article: Kutsuna S, Kato Y, Takasaki T, Moi M L, Kotaki A, Uemura H, Matono T, Fujiya Y, Mawatari M, Takeshita N, Hayakawa K, Kanagawa S, Ohmagari N. Two cases of Zika fever imported from French Polynesia to Japan, December 2013 to January 2014 . Euro Surveill. 2014;19(4):pii=20683. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.4.20683 Received: 19 Jan 2014

Abstract

We present two cases of imported Zika fever to Japan, in travellers returning from French Polynesia, where an outbreak due to Zika virus (ZIKV) is ongoing since week 41 of 2013. This report serves to raise awareness among healthcare professionals, that the differential diagnosis of febrile and subfebrile patients with rash should include ZIKV infection, especially in patients returning from areas affected by this virus.