Volume 26, Number 2—February 2020
Dispatch
Systematic Hospital-Based Travel Screening to Assess Exposure to Zika Virus1
Aftab Iqbal, Robert Colgrove, Vito Iacoviello, Barbra M. Blair, and Lin H. Chen
Table 2
Results of search for symptoms compatible with Zika virus clinical criteria in a study of travel screening for Zika virus infection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA*
| Patient age, y/sex | Date of hospital visit | Destinations visited | Diagnosis and symptoms at admission |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40/F | 2015 Nov | Malaysia | Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption |
| 49/F | 2015 Nov | Thailand | Pruritus, unspecified; rash and other nonspecific skin eruption |
| 59/F | 2015 Nov | Malaysia, Indonesia | Fever, unspecified |
| 15/F | 2015 Nov | Costa Rica | Fever, unspecified; rash and other nonspecific skin eruption; myalgia |
| 29/M | 2015 Nov | Mexico | Unidentified influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations; fever, unspecified |
| 5/M | 2015 Dec | Brazil | Viral infection, unspecified; rash and other nonspecific skin eruption; fever, unspecified |
| 48/M | 2015 Dec | Mexico | Acute pharyngitis, unspecified; rash and other nonspecific skin eruption |
| 40/M | 2015 Dec | Mexico | Acute pharyngitis, unspecified; fever, unspecified |
| 28/F | 2016 Jan | Indonesia | Fever, unspecified; acute pharyngitis, unspecified; cough; myalgia |
| 34/F | 2016 Jan | The Bahamas | Viral infection, unspecified; fever, unspecified |
| 61/F | 2016 Jan | Mexico | Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption |
| 39/F | 2016 Jan | Argentina | Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption |
| 1/M | 2016 Jan | Mexico | Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption; fever, unspecified |
| 33/M | 2016 Jan | Colombia | Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption |
| 55/M | 2016 Jan | Costa Rica | Fever, unspecified; rash and other nonspecific skin eruption |
| 58/F | 2016 Feb | Mexico | Acute pharyngitis, unspecified; fever, unspecified; myalgia |
| UNK/M | 2016 Feb | Brazil | Rash, cough, fever, sneezing; viral infection, unspecified |
| 31/M | 2016 Feb | Brazil | Viral infection, unspecified; rash and other nonspecific skin eruption |
| 31/M | 2016 Feb | Brazil | Posttravel follow-up; requested screening for other viral diseases; rash and other nonspecific skin eruption |
| 28/F | 2016 Mar | Costa Rica | Influenza-like symptoms; viral infection, unspecified |
| 28/F | 2016 Mar | Mexico | Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption |
| 46/F | 2016 Mar | Jamaica, Mexico | Influenza-like symptoms; cough; unidentified influenza virus with unspecified type of pneumonia |
| 21/M | 2016 Mar | Mexico | Influenza-like symptoms; viral infection, unspecified |
| 32/M | 2016 Mar | The Bahamas | Headache, back pain, vomiting; fever, unspecified; nausea with vomiting, unspecified |
| 30/F | 2016 Apr | Brazil | Fever and aches; viral infection, unspecified |
| 69/F | 2016 Apr | Haiti | Fever, unspecified |
| 26/M | 2016 Apr | Dominican Republic | Headache with rash; viral infection, unspecified |
| 26/F | 2016 May | Thailand | Fever, unspecified |
| 39/F | 2016 Jun | Mexico | Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption; nonvenomous insect bites on left and right upper arm |
| 25/M | 2016 Jun | Puerto Rico | Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption; other fatigue |
| 44/F | 2016 Jul | Dominican Republic | Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption |
| 29/M | 2016 Jul | Dominican Republic | Influenza-like symptoms Viral infection, unspecified |
| 15/M | 2016 Jul | Trinidad and Tobago | Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption Fever, unspecified; acute pharyngitis, unspecified |
| 44/F | 2016 Aug | Nicaragua | Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption |
| 51/F | 2016 Aug | Dominican Republic | Cough; fever, unspecified |
| 51/M | 2016 Aug | Malaysia, Turkey | Cough; fever, unspecified |
| 36/M | 2016 Aug | Brazil | Posttravel screening; fever, unspecified; unspecified conjunctivitis |
| 28/F | 2016 Sep | Chile | Influenza-like symptoms |
| 34/F | 2016 Sep | Indonesia | Acute pharyngitis, unspecified; fever, unspecified |
| 28/F | 2016 Sep | Virgin Islands | Rash; unspecified viral infection |
| 39/M | 2016 Sep | Dominican Republic | Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption |
| 30/M |
2016 Sep |
Colombia |
Possible Zika virus; patient was ill after travel |
| *Symptoms include rash, fever, conjunctivitis, arthralgia or myalgia, complications in pregnancy, or Guillain-Barré syndrome. Patients were asked, “Have you traveled outside the U.S. in the past 30 days?” UNK, unknown. | |||
1Preliminary results were presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Atlanta, Georgia, November 12–17, 2016.
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