Travel-Associated Zika Virus Disease
Authors: Giuseppina Liuzzi, Concetta Castilletti, Francesco Vairo, Emanuele Nicastri, Giuseppe Ippolito
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2017)

Letters20 June 2017Travel-Associated Zika Virus DiseaseGiuseppina Liuzzi, MD, PhD, Concetta Castilletti, PhD, Francesco Vairo, MD, Emanuele Nicastri, MD, PhD, and Giuseppe Ippolito, MDGiuseppina Liuzzi, MD, PhDFrom National Institute for Infectious Diseases INMI “L. Spallanzani” and Regional Service for Infectious Diseases Surveillance, Control and Response (SERESMI), Rome, Italy.Search for more papers by this author, Concetta Castilletti, PhDFrom National Institute for Infectious Diseases INMI “L. Spallanzani” and Regional Service for Infectious Diseases Surveillance, Control and Response (SERESMI), Rome, Italy.Search for more papers by this author, Francesco Vairo, MDFrom National Institute for Infectious Diseases INMI “L. Spallanzani” and Regional Service for Infectious Diseases Surveillance, Control and Response (SERESMI), Rome, Italy.Search for more papers by this author, Emanuele Nicastri, MD, PhDFrom National Institute for Infectious Diseases INMI “L. Spallanzani” and Regional Service for Infectious Diseases Surveillance, Control and Response (SERESMI), Rome, Italy.Search for more papers by this author, and Giuseppe Ippolito, MDFrom National Institute for Infectious Diseases INMI “L. Spallanzani” and Regional Service for Infectious Diseases Surveillance, Control and Response (SERESMI), Rome, Italy.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L17-0196 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Hamer and colleagues (1) provide informative data on the clinical manifestations and epidemiology of Zika virus infection in travelers returning from countries with ongoing viral transmission. Ninety-three cases of Zika virus infection were reported from 63 travel clinics in 30 countries in the GeoSentinel network. Among the reported cases, 4 pregnant women were infected and 3 developed severe fetal complications. The authors note the importance of counseling travelers before departure on measures to prevent sexual transmission of this virus.All pregnant women with a history of travel in an area of ongoing transmission during their current pregnancy ...References1. Hamer DH, Barbre KA, Chen LH, Grobusch MP, Schlagenhauf P, Goorhuis A, et al; GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Travel-associated Zika virus disease acquired in the Americas through February 2016: a GeoSentinel analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2017;166:99-108. [PMID: 27893080]. doi:10.7326/M16-1842 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Nicastri E, Castilletti C, Liuzzi G, Iannetta M, Capobianchi MR, Ippolito G. Persistent detection of Zika virus RNA in semen for six months after symptom onset in a traveller returning from Haiti to Italy, February 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21. [PMID: 27541989] doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.32.30314 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From National Institute for Infectious Diseases INMI “L. Spallanzani” and Regional Service for Infectious Diseases Surveillance, Control and Response (SERESMI), Rome, Italy.Disclosures: Authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L17-0196. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoTravel-Associated Zika Virus Disease Acquired in the Americas Through February 2016 Davidson H. Hamer , Kira A. Barbre , Lin H. Chen , Martin P. Grobusch , Patricia Schlagenhauf , Abraham Goorhuis , Perry J.J. van Genderen , Israel Molina , Hilmir Asgeirsson , Phyllis E. Kozarsky , Eric Caumes , Stefan H. Hagmann , Frank P. Mockenhaupt , Gilles Eperon , Elizabeth D. Barnett , Emmanuel Bottieau , Andrea K. Boggild , Philippe Gautret , Noreen A. Hynes , Susan Kuhn , R. Ryan Lash , Karin Leder , Michael Libman , Denis J.M. Malvy , Cecilia Perret , Camilla Rothe , Eli Schwartz , Annelies Wilder-Smith , Martin S. Cetron , Douglas H. Esposito , and Travel-Associated Zika Virus Disease Davidson H. Hamer , Lin H. Chen , Michael Libman , Martin P. Grobusch , and Douglas H. Esposito Metrics 20 June 2017Volume 166, Issue 12Page: 913KeywordsClinical epidemiologyPolymerase chain reactionPregnancyPregnancy complicationsReverse transcriptionRisk assessmentsSemenSexually transmitted diseasesViral transmission and infectionZika virus ePublished: 20 June 2017 Issue Published: 20 June 2017 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2017 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...