In:

Journal of Clinical Virology

Authors:

Lorenzo Zammarchia, Giulia Stella, Antonia Mantella, Dario Bartolozzi, Dennis Tappe, Stephan Günther, Lisa Oestereich, Daniel Cadar, César Muñoz-Fontelac, Alessandro Bartolonia,, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit

Abstract:

We report the first two cases of laboratory confirmed Zika virus (ZIKV) infections imported into Italy from French Polynesia. Both patients presented with low grade fever, malaise, conjunctivitis, myalgia, arthralgia, ankle oedema, and axillary and inguinal lymphadenopathy. One patient showed leukopenia with relative monocytosis and thrombocytopenia.

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