Institut Pasteur du Laos, Vientiane, Lao Democratic People's Republic.
Mother and Child Hospital, Vientiane, Lao Democratic People's Republic.
Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Apr;105:595-597. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.03.019. Epub 2021 Mar 10.
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a Flavivirus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and was responsible for a worldwide outbreak between 2013 and 2016. However, no ZIKV outbreak has been described in Southeast Asia since 2017. In this study, we report the first microcephaly case with probable ZIKV infection during pregnancy in Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Zika 病毒(ZIKV)是一种黄病毒,通过伊蚊传播,曾在 2013 年至 2016 年期间引发全球疫情。然而,自 2017 年以来,东南亚地区尚未有 ZIKV 疫情的报道。在本研究中,我们报告了老挝人民民主共和国首例孕妇感染 Zika 病毒导致的疑似小头畸形病例。