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Accuracy of Zika virus disease case definition during simultaneous Dengue and Chikungunya epidemics.

Daniel Barros de CastroClarisse BressanAna Paula Razal DalviGuilherme Amaral CalvetRegina Paiva DaumasNadia RodriguesMayumi WakimotoRita Maria Ribeiro NogueiraKarin Nielsen-SainesCarlos BritoAna Maria Bispo de FilippisPatrícia Brasil
Published in: PloS one (2017)
In areas where multiple arboviruses circulate, the presence of rash with pruritus or conjunctival hyperemia, without any other general clinical manifestations such as fever, petechia or anorexia is the best Zika case definition.
Keyphrases
  • zika virus
  • dengue virus
  • aedes aegypti
  • infectious diseases