Atrial fibrillation in a patient with Zika virus infection

Abstract Background Zika virus is an emerging arbovirus of the family Flaviviridae and genus Flavivirus that until 2007 was restricted to a few cases of mild illness in Africa and Asia. Case presentation We report a case of atrial fibrillation disclosed during an acute Zika virus infection in a 49-y...

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Main Authors: Ligia Fernandes Abdalla, João Hugo Abdalla Santos, Renata Teodora Jales Barreto, Erick Martins e Souza, Fabrício Fonseca D’Assunção, Márcio Aurélio Borges, Valdinete Alves Nascimento, George Allan Villarouco da Silva, Victor Costa de Souza, Rajendranath Ramasawmy, Ana Carolina Campi-Azevedo, Jordana Graziela Coelho-dos-Reis, Lis Ribeiro do Vale Antonelli, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Felipe Gomes Naveca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Virology Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12985-018-0938-2