An Australian man has been hospitalised with the Zika virus seven days after he was bitten by a monkey in Bali, although he was also bitten by mosquitoes on the trip.
The 27-year-old man presented to Royal Darwin Hospital in May 2015 with a fever and a rash. He was diagnosed with acute Zika virus. Transmission via bites from animals like monkeys is said to be “more frequent” than previously realised.
Meanwhile, Queensland’s Health Minister Cameron Dick told Daily Mail Australia that he was closely monitoring the Torres Strait as that was a likely entry point of the virus into Australia.
