• Pablo Bachiller-Luque, Marta Domínguez-Gil González, Jesús Álvarez-Manzanares, Ana Vázquez, Fernando De Ory, and M Paz Sánchez-Seco Fariñas.
• Internal Medicine, University Hospital Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain. Electronic address: pbachiller@gmail.com.
• Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. 2016 Apr 1; 34 (4): 243-6.

AbstractWe report a case of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in a patient with diarrhea, fever, synovitis, non-purulent conjunctivitis, and with discreet retro-orbital pain, after returning from Colombia in January 2016. The patient referred several mosquito bites. Presence of ZIKV was detected by PCR (polymerase chain reaction) in plasma. Rapid microbiological diagnosis of ZIKV infection is needed in European countries with circulation of its vector, in order to avoid autochthonous circulation. The recent association of ZIKV infection with abortion and microcephaly, and a Guillain-Barré syndrome highlights the need for laboratory differentiation of ZIKV from other virus infection. Women with potential risk for Zika virus infection who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant must mention that fact during prenatal visits in order to be evaluated and properly monitored. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier España, S.L.U. y Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica. All rights reserved.

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