Zika beyond the Americas: Travelers as sentinels of Zika virus transmission. A GeoSentinel analysis, 2012 to 2016.

Zika virus (ZIKV) was first isolated in Africa; decades later, caused large outbreaks in the Pacific, and is considered endemic in Asia. We aim to describe ZIKV disease epidemiology outside the Americas, the importance of travelers as sentinels of disease transmission, and discrepancies in travel ad...

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Main Authors: Karin Leder, Martin P Grobusch, Philippe Gautret, Lin H Chen, Susan Kuhn, Poh Lian Lim, Johnnie Yates, Anne E McCarthy, Camilla Rothe, Yasuyuki Kato, Emmanuel Bottieau, Kristina Huber, Eli Schwartz, William Stauffer, Denis Malvy, Marc T M Shaw, Christophe Rapp, Lucille Blumberg, Mogens Jensenius, Perry J J van Genderen, Davidson H Hamer, GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5626466?pdf=render