Fetal Zika Virus Infection in Vietnam

Phan Trong Lan; Luong Chan Quang; Vu Thi Que Huong; Nguyen Vu Thuong; Phan Cong Hung; Tran Thi Luu Nguyen Huong; Huynh Phuong Thao; Nguyen Thi Thanh Thao; Anthony W Mounts; Leisha D Nolen

doi:10.1371/currents.outbreaks.1c8f631e0ef8cd7777d639eba48647fa

Fetal Zika Virus Infection in Vietnam

PLoS Curr. 2017 Sep 5:9:ecurrents.outbreaks.1c8f631e0ef8cd7777d639eba48647fa. doi: 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.1c8f631e0ef8cd7777d639eba48647fa.

Authors

Phan Trong Lan¹, Luong Chan Quang², Vu Thi Que Huong³, Nguyen Vu Thuong⁴, Phan Cong Hung², Tran Thi Luu Nguyen Huong⁵, Huynh Phuong Thao, Nguyen Thi Thanh Thao², Anthony W Mounts⁶, Leisha D Nolen⁷

Affiliations

¹ Director, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
² Department of Prevention and Control Diseases, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
³ Microbiology and Immumnology, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
⁴ Deputy Director, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
⁵ Department of Planning, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
⁶ Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁷ Arctic Investigation Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

PMID: 29188136
PMCID: PMC5693598
DOI: 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.1c8f631e0ef8cd7777d639eba48647fa

Abstract

As of 13 July 2016, 13 countries have reported fetal Zika virus (ZIKV) infection. Here we report a case of fetal ZIKV infection that resulted from an infection originating in Vietnam.

Grants and funding

The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.