Pericarditis Associated With Acute Zika Virus Infection in a Returning Traveler

Jesse J Waggoner; Nadine Rouphael; Yongxian Xu; Muktha Natrajan; Lilin Lai; Shital M Patel; Rebeca D Levit; Srilatha Edupuganti; Mark J Mulligan

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofx103

Pericarditis Associated With Acute Zika Virus Infection in a Returning Traveler

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 May 18;4(2):ofx103. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofx103. eCollection 2017 Spring.

Authors

Jesse J Waggoner¹, Nadine Rouphael^{1

2}, Yongxian Xu^{1

2}, Muktha Natrajan^{1

2}, Lilin Lai^{1

2}, Shital M Patel³, Rebeca D Levit⁴, Srilatha Edupuganti^{1

2}, Mark J Mulligan^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Divisions of Infectious Diseases and.
² The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Decatur, Georgia.
³ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
⁴ Cardiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Abstract

Despite the widespread outbreak, few cases of Zika virus associated with cardiac manifestations have been described. We present a case of pericarditis in the setting of an acute, symptomatic Zika virus infection in a traveler returning from St. Thomas. Clinicians should be alert for this potential complication of Zika virus infection.

Keywords: Zika virus.; pericarditis.

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