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GLIDE Record
(2074 of 6487)
Event:
EP Epidemic
Number:
2016-000040
Country:
PNG Papua New Guinea
Location:
Date (YMD):
2016-4-22
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Information Source:
WHO
Comments:
On 11 March 2016, the National Department of Health of Papua New Guinea reported that 6 cases of Zika virus infection had been confirmed through retrospective testing of samples taken from patients presenting with a febrile illness between July 2014 and March 2016. Cases were confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). None of the patients positive for Zika virus had travelled outside Papua New Guinea prior to their illness.
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