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- Title
Case Series of Laboratory-Associated Zika Virus Disease, United States, 2016-2019.
- Authors
Hills, Susan L.; Morrison, Andrea; Stuck, Shawna; Sandhu, Kayleigh; Mason, Krystal L.; Stanek, Danielle; Gabel, Julie; Osborne, Matthew A.; Schroeder, Betsy A.; Rico, Edhelene; Drenzek, Cherie L.; Gallagher, Glen R.; Fiddner, Jennifer; Heberlein-Larson, Lea A.; Brown, Catherine M.; Fischer, Marc
- Abstract
Zika virus diagnostic testing and laboratory research increased considerably when Zika virus began spreading through the Americas in 2015, increasing the risk for potential Zika virus exposure of laboratory workers and biomedical researchers. We report 4 cases of laboratory-associated Zika virus disease in the United States during 2016-2019. Of these, 2 were associated with needlestick injuries; for the other 2 cases, the route of transmission was undetermined. In laboratories in which work with Zika virus is performed, good laboratory biosafety practices must be implemented and practiced to reduce the risk for infection among laboratory personnel.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ZIKA virus infections; ZIKA virus; CLINICAL pathology; VIRAL transmission; NEEDLESTICK injuries; LABORATORY personnel
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 27, Issue 5, p1296
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2705.203602