Biphasic Zika Illness With Rash and Joint Pain

Srilatha Edupuganti; Muktha S Natrajan; Nadine Rouphael; Lilin Lai; Yongxian Xu; Matthew Feldhammer; Charles Hill; Shital M Patel; Sara Jo Johnson; Mary Bower; Rodion Gorchakov; Rebecca Berry; Kristy O Murray; Mark J Mulligan

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofx133

Biphasic Zika Illness With Rash and Joint Pain

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 22;4(3):ofx133. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofx133. eCollection 2017 Summer.

Authors

Srilatha Edupuganti^{1

2}, Muktha S Natrajan^{1

2}, Nadine Rouphael^{1

2}, Lilin Lai^{1

2}, Yongxian Xu^{1

2}, Matthew Feldhammer³, Charles Hill³, Shital M Patel⁴, Sara Jo Johnson^{1

2}, Mary Bower^{1

2}, Rodion Gorchakov⁵, Rebecca Berry⁵, Kristy O Murray⁵, Mark J Mulligan^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, and.
² The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Decatur, Georgia.
³ Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁴ Department of Medicine and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and.
⁵ Pediatrics-Tropical Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Abstract

During the current Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak, acute symptomatic ZIKV infection in adults appears to be a mild-to-moderate, self-limited illness. We present a case of ZIKV rash illness that improved and then relapsed without repeat exposure to ZIKV. Clinicians should be alert for relapses in patients with ZIKV infection.

Keywords: Zika illness; joint pains; rash; relapse.

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