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False positive dengue NS1 antigen test in a traveller with an acute Zika virus infection imported into Switzerland

False positive dengue NS1 antigen test in a traveller with an acute Zika virus infection imported into Switzerland

We report the first case of an acute Zika virus infection imported into Switzerland by a traveller returning from Canoa Quebrada, Ceará state, in the north-eastern part of Brazil. Due to a false positive dengue virus NS1 antigen test, IgG antibody seroconversion and a suggestive clinical picture,an acute dengue fever …