Zika virus outbreak in 19 English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries and territories, 2015–2016
Surveillance for Zika virus was enhanced in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean following emergence of the virus in Brazil in May 2015. The first autochthonous case of Zika in the Caribbean was reported by Suriname in November 2015, and the virus subsequently spread rapidly throughout the regi...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c5faeee8e606413b9f0e4eeeb0751b9b 2023-05-15T15:06:10+02:00 Zika virus outbreak in 19 English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries and territories, 2015–2016 Lorraine Francis Shelly-Ann Hunte Ann Marie Valadere Karen Polson-Edwards Virginia Asin-Oostburg C. James Hospedales 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.120 https://doaj.org/article/c5faeee8e606413b9f0e4eeeb0751b9b EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://iris.paho.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/49458 https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-5348 1020-4989 1680-5348 doi:10.26633/RPSP.2018.120 https://doaj.org/article/c5faeee8e606413b9f0e4eeeb0751b9b Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 42, Pp 1-9 (2018) Communicable diseases emerging epidemics Zika virus Caribbean region Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.120 2022-12-31T07:13:40Z Surveillance for Zika virus was enhanced in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean following emergence of the virus in Brazil in May 2015. The first autochthonous case of Zika in the Caribbean was reported by Suriname in November 2015, and the virus subsequently spread rapidly throughout the region. Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) member states (CMS) reported clinically suspected cases of Zika and submitted serum specimens to the agency for laboratory investigation. A patient was considered a confirmed case if Zika virus was detected by real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay or serological test. Due to the documented link between 1) Zika virus and congenital syndrome, and 2) Zika virus and Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS), data on both of these disease outcomes were extracted from country and regional reports. This special report describes the epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed Zika cases reported to CARPHA, including links with both congenital syndrome and GBS, for 19 English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries during the epidemic period (1 October 2015–29 December 2016). Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Barré ENVELOPE(-68.550,-68.550,-67.500,-67.500) Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 42 |
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Surveillance for Zika virus was enhanced in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean following emergence of the virus in Brazil in May 2015. The first autochthonous case of Zika in the Caribbean was reported by Suriname in November 2015, and the virus subsequently spread rapidly throughout the region. Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) member states (CMS) reported clinically suspected cases of Zika and submitted serum specimens to the agency for laboratory investigation. A patient was considered a confirmed case if Zika virus was detected by real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay or serological test. Due to the documented link between 1) Zika virus and congenital syndrome, and 2) Zika virus and Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS), data on both of these disease outcomes were extracted from country and regional reports. This special report describes the epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed Zika cases reported to CARPHA, including links with both congenital syndrome and GBS, for 19 English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries during the epidemic period (1 October 2015–29 December 2016). |
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Zika virus outbreak in 19 English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries and territories, 2015–2016 |
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Zika virus outbreak in 19 English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries and territories, 2015–2016 |
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Zika virus outbreak in 19 English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries and territories, 2015–2016 |
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Zika virus outbreak in 19 English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries and territories, 2015–2016 |
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Zika virus outbreak in 19 English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries and territories, 2015–2016 |
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zika virus outbreak in 19 english- and dutch-speaking caribbean countries and territories, 2015–2016 |
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