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N Engl J Med. 2016 Jan 13. [Epub ahead of print] Free full text
The explosive pandemic of Zika virus infection occurring throughout South America, Central America, and the Caribbean (see map) and potentially threatening the United States is the most recent of four unexpected arrivals of important a...rthropod-borne viral diseases in the Western Hemisphere over the past 20 years. It follows dengue, which entered this hemisphere stealthily over decades and then more aggressively in the 1990s; West Nile virus, which emerged in 1999; and chikungunya, which emerged in 2013. Are the successive migrations of these viruses unrelated, or do they reflect important new patterns of disease emergence?
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Testing Algorithm. Interim Guidance
This document provides interim guidance for effective risk communication around Zika virus transmission and potential complications. A causal relationship between Zika virus infection and these potential complications has not yet been proven. In this uncertainty, effective communication strategies s...hould be implemented to enable people to take the best informed decisions about protecting themselves, their families and communities. This interim guidance is intended to be used by risk and health communication managers, staff and volunteers at global, regional or country level; communications professionals; anthropologists; sociologists; healthcare providers;hospital administrators; community leaders; programme managers;
and policymakers.
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ACAPS Briefing Note: Zika virus epidemic
ECDC proposed case definition for surveillance of Zika virus infection
PAHO has systematically identified and collected basic information on all investigations related to Zika, both those already published and those on track to be published.
Each study has been categorized in the areas of virus, vectors and reservoirs; epidemiology; disease pathogenesis and consequen...ces of Zika infection; clinical management; public health interventions; health systems and services response; research and product development; and causality. You can also search by publication type: published articles, protocol and publication of preliminary results.
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