Zika virus infection in the returning traveller: what every neurologist should know.

Leonhard, Sonja Emily; Lant, Suzannah; Jacobs, Bart C; Wilder-Smith, Annelies; Ferreira, Maria Lucia Brito; Solomon, Tom; Willison, Hugh John; (2018) Zika virus infection in the returning traveller: what every neurologist should know. Practical neurology, 18 (4). pp. 271-277. ISSN 1474-7758 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/practneurol-2017-001789

Abstract

Zika virus has been associated with a wide range of neurological complications. Neurologists in areas without current active transmission of the virus may be confronted with Zika-associated neurological disease, as a large number of returning travellers with Zika virus infection have been reported and the virus continues to spread to previously unaffected regions. This review provides an overview of Zika virus-associated neurological disease and aims to support neurologists who may encounter patients returning from endemic areas.