Typical features included a widespread micropapular rash, often with pruritus, dysesthesias, and conjunctival hyperemia.
Clinical manifestations of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection can include fever and rash. However, characteristic features of the rash caused by ZIKV are not completely known. Now, a group has described clinical characteristics of ZIKV exanthema in 60 confirmed cases (31 adults, 29 children) on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe seen between February 1 and April 29, 2016.
In these patients, rash was widespread, involving a median of 45% of the body surface area. The most common sites of involvement were the face and upper limbs (95% of cases), trunk (93%), and lower limbs (86%); the palms and soles were less frequently involved (30% and 13%, respectively). The rash was typically micropapular (86%); pruritus was frequent (82%) and often intense. The…
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