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Zika emergence in the French Territories of America and description of first confirmed cases of Zika virus infection on Martinique, November 2015 to February 2016.
- Source :
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Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2016 Jul 14; Vol. 21 (28). - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Following of the emergence of Zika virus in Brazil in 2015, an epidemiological surveillance system was quickly implemented in the French overseas Territories of America (FTA) according to previous experience with dengue and chikungunya and has detected first cases of Zika. General practitioners and medical microbiologists were invited to report all clinically suspected cases of Zika, laboratory investigations were systematically conducted (RT-PCR). On 18 December, the first autochthonous case of Zika virus infection was confirmed by RT-PCR on French Guiana and Martinique, indicating introduction of Zika virus in FTA. The viral circulation of Zika virus was then also confirmed on Guadeloupe and Saint-Martin. We report here early findings on 203 confirmed cases of Zika virus infection identified by RT-PCR or seroneutralisation on Martinique Island between 24 November 2015 and 20 January 2016. All cases were investigated. Common clinical signs were observed (maculopapular rash, arthralgia, fever, myalgia and conjunctival hyperaemia) among these patients, but the rash, the foundation of our case definition, may be absent in a significant proportion of patients (16%). These results are important for the implementation of a suspected case definition, the main tool for epidemiological surveillance, in territories that may be affected by ZIKV emergence, including Europe.<br /> (This article is copyright of The Authors, 2016.)
- Subjects :
- Humans
Martinique epidemiology
RNA, Viral genetics
RNA, Viral isolation & purification
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Zika Virus genetics
Zika Virus Infection transmission
Communicable Diseases, Emerging epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Population Surveillance
Zika Virus isolation & purification
Zika Virus Infection diagnosis
Zika Virus Infection epidemiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1560-7917
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 28
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27447300
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.28.30285