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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Not all cases with Zika virus infection have thrombocytopenia |
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Won Sriwijitralai1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2
1 RV Medical Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2 Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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| Date of Web Publication | 22-Jun-2017 |
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How to cite this article:
Sriwijitralai W, Wiwanitkit V. Not all cases with Zika virus infection have thrombocytopenia. Ann Trop Med Public Health 2017;10:474 |
How to cite this URL:
Sriwijitralai W, Wiwanitkit V. Not all cases with Zika virus infection have thrombocytopenia. Ann Trop Med Public Health [serial online] 2017 [cited 2021 Mar 9];10:474. Available from: https://www.atmph.org/text.asp?2017/10/2/474/208700 |
Dear Sir,
Emerging Zika virus infection becomes a hot issue in tropical medicine and public health.[1],[2] The disease mainly manifests as acute fever with thrombocytopenia, and it is very difficult to make a differential diagnosis between this infection and classical dengue.[1],[2] However, an important concern is not all cases with Zika virus infection have thrombocytopenia. The good examples can be seen in many case reports.[3],[4] Based on this data, it has to revised the suggestion that the Zika virus should be specially concerned for only cases with acute febrile illness with thrombocytopenia.
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| 1. | Wiwanitkit V. Zika virus infection: New emerging infection and public health implication. Med J DY Patil Univ 2016;9:287-8.  [Full text] |
| 2. | Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Zika virus infection and dengue: A new problem in diagnosis in a dengue-endemic area. Ann Trop Med Public Health 2015;8:145-6. [Full text] |
| 3. | Tappe D, Rissland J, Gabriel M, Emmerich P, Gunther S, Held G, et al. First case of laboratory-confirmed Zika virus infection imported into Europe, November 2013. Euro Surveill 2014;19. pii: 20685. |
| 4. | Kwong JC, Druce JD, Leder K. Zika virus infection acquired during brief travel to Indonesia. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013;89:516-7. [ PUBMED] |
Correspondence Address:
Won Sriwijitralai
RV Medical Center, Bangkok
Thailand
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DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.208700
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