Zika virus infection in European travellers returning from Thailand in 2022: A GeoSentinel case series

Timothy Seers*, Camilla Rothe, Davidson H. Hamer, Sarah Denny, Rahel Spindler, Eli Schwartz, Victoria Johnston

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Abstract

Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus which caused major epidemics in the Pacific and the Americas between 2013 and 2015. International travellers have previously acted as a sentinel population for Zika virus transmission in endemic areas, where local transmission may be incompletely captured by local surveillance systems. We report five recent European travellers returning from Thailand with Zika virus infection, highlighting the risk of ongoing endemic transmission in this popular tourist destination.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)576-579
Number of pages4
JournalTropical Medicine and International Health
Volume28
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2023
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
International Society of Travel Medicine1 U01CK000632‐01‐00

    Keywords

    • GeoSentinel
    • travel

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