Two cases of Zika fever imported from French Polynesia to Japan, December 2013 to January 2014
Satoshi Kutsuna(National Center for Global Health and Medicine), Yasuyuki Kato(National Center for Global Health and Medicine), Tomohiko Takasaki(National Institute of Infectious Diseases), Meng Ling Moi(National Institute of Infectious Diseases), A. Kotaki(National Institute of Infectious Diseases), Haruka Uemura(National Center for Global Health and Medicine), Takashi Matono(National Center for Global Health and Medicine), Yoshihiro Fujiya(National Center for Global Health and Medicine), Momoko Mawatari(National Center for Global Health and Medicine), Nozomi Takeshita(National Center for Global Health and Medicine), Kayoko Hayakawa(National Center for Global Health and Medicine), Shuzo Kanagawa(National Center for Global Health and Medicine), Norio Ohmagari(National Center for Global Health and Medicine)
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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.
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