Zika virus infection in a German traveller to the Maldives, August 2025
This case underlines the ongoing risk of ZIKV transmission in areas where compatible arthropod vectors are present. Since there is no systematic surveillance in the Maldives, the detection of ZIKV infections in returning travellers is becoming increasingly important for assessing the epidemiological situation.
Authors
- Martha Holtfreter
- Jonas Schmidt‐Chanasit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4433-0231)
- Hans Martin Orth
- David Meierkord
- Tom Luedde
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2026.102960
- Primary Topic
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00