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GuillainBarr syndrome[edit]
A high incidence of the autoimmune disease GuillainBarr syndrome (GBS),
noted in the French Polynesia outbreak, has also been found in the outbreak
that began in Brazil.[98] Laboratory analysis found Zika infections in some
patients with GBS in Brazil, El Salvador, Suriname and Venezuela,[111] and
the WHO declared on 22 March 2016 that Zika appeared to be "implicated" in
GBS infection, and that if the pattern was confirmed it would represent a
global public health crisis.[112]
similar areas.[115] The methods currently available to test for Zika antibodies
cross-react with dengue antibodies. An IgM-positive result in a dengue or Zika
ELISA test can only be considered indicative of a recent flavivirus infection.
Plaque-reduction neutralization tests can be performed and may be specific.
[116] The Zika virus can be identified by RT-PCR in acutely ill patients.[6]
Americas[edit]
Several countries, including Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Jamaica,
advised women to postpone getting pregnant until more was known about
the risks.[15][117] Plans were announced by the authorities in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, to try to prevent the spread of the Zika virus during the 2016 Summer
Olympics in Rio.[118] The health ministry of Peru installed more than 20,000
ovitraps during the 2015 dengue outbreak. The same ovitraps will be used to
monitor a potential Zika outbreak in tropical regions of Peru.[119]
symptoms of microcephaly
Symptoms of microcephaly, linked to mothers infected by Zika virus.[113]
Because of the "growing evidence of a link between Zika and microcephaly"
the CDC issued a travel warning on 15 January 2016 advising pregnant
women to consider postponing travel to Brazil as well as the following
countries and territories where Zika fever had been reported: Colombia, El
Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico,
Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela, and the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.[120] On 20 January, the Ministry of Health of Chile published a health
notice.[121] On 22 January, eight more countries and territories were added
to the list of those affected: Barbados, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Saint
Martin, Guyana, Cape Verde, and Samoa.[122] On 1 February, Costa Rica and
Nicaragua were added to the list, bringing the number of countries and
territories affected to 28.[123]
The agency issued additional guidelines and suggested that women thinking
about becoming pregnant consult with their physicians before traveling.[124]
Canada issued a similar travel advisory.[118][125]
infected partner, the CDC issued interim guidelines for prevention of sexual
transmission of Zika virus for the United States.[8] These guidelines
recommend that men who reside in or have traveled to an area of active Zika
virus transmission who have a pregnant partner should abstain from sexual
activity or consistently and correctly use condoms during sex for the duration
of the pregnancy.[8] The guidelines recommend that pregnant women discuss
any possible Zika exposure with their male partners.[8] The guidelines
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zika virus outbreak (2015present)
Zik-world-map active 03-18-2016 web.jpeg
Countries and territories with active transmission of the Zika virus
as of 18 March 2016[1]
Date April 2015 present
Type Outbreak
As of early 2016, a widespread outbreak of Zika fever, caused by the Zika
virus, is ongoing, primarily in Latin America and the Pacific Islands. The
outbreak began in April 2015 in Brazil, and has spread to other countries in
South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. In January 2016,
the World Health Organization (WHO) said the virus was likely to spread
throughout most of the Americas by the end of the year;[2] and in February
Contents [hide]
1
Epidemiology
1.1
Transmission
1.2
1.3
GuillainBarr syndrome
2.1
Diagnosis
2.2
Americas
2.3
International
2.4
Responses
2.5
Controversies
See also
References
External links
Epidemiology[edit]
Cases in the Americas[16]
[show]Country
as of 31 March 2016
Autochthonous cases
Deaths
The Zika virus was first isolated in 1947, in a rhesus monkey in a forest near
Entebbe, Uganda.[64] Although serologic evidence indicated additional
human exposure during subsequent decades in parts of Africa and Asia,[65]
before the 2007 Yap Islands Zika virus outbreak, only 14 cases of human Zika
virus disease had been documented.[64]
traveler who had been exposed to the virus in French Polynesia, who was
then bitten by a mosquito that then infected others.[66][67][68] Phylogenetic
analysis of the first Brazilian infections have strongly indicated that the
circulating virus is the Asian, rather than African, strain of the virus, and was
genetically similar to the virus found in the outbreak in French Polynesia.[67]
[68] It appears Zika's route from Africa and Asia to Oceania and then the
Americas may mirror that of chikungunya and dengue, both of which are
endemic in a large portion of the Americas.[69]
The specific event that brought the virus to Brazil was uncertain until March
2016. Brazilian researchers have suggested that the Zika virus arrived during
the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament.[66] French researchers speculated the
virus arrived shortly afterwards, in August 2014, when canoeing teams from
French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Easter Island, and the Cook Islands, which
had been or were experiencing Zika outbreaks, attended the Va'a World
Sprint Championships in Rio de Janeiro.[61][67] However, the outbreak in
French Polynesia is known to have peaked and declined precipitously by
February 2014, lending doubt to the suggestion the virus arrived later that
year in Brazil with spectators and competitors.[70] A study published in
Science, which developed a "molecular clock" based on the count of virus
mutations in a relatively small sample, suggested Zika virus arrived in the
Americas (most likely in Brazil) from French Polynesia between May and
December 2013, well before the World Cup and Va'a Championships.[70] In
the Science article, Faria and colleagues managed to trace the origins of the
virus strain that is circulating in Brazil and found out that this strain has few
genetic variability when compared to the strain of French Polynesia; after
relating the number of travellers arriving in Brazil from French Polynesia with
the cases reported and the events happening in that year, the team was able
to prove that the virus arrived in Brazil on 2014 during the Confederation
Cup, when Tahiti's team played against other teams in a few brazilians cities,
which attracted a lot of tourists from both places.[71] Zika virus usually has
very mild, or no symptoms, so it took almost a year for Brazil to confirm the
first case of the disease. By then the outbreak was already widespread..
Factors associated with the rapid spread of Zika virus in Brazil include the
non-immune population, high population density, tropical climate and
inadequate control of Aedes mosquitoes in the country.[72]
Confirmed cases have now been reported in most of South and Central
America, and the Caribbean.[73] Cases have also been reported that were
imported from South America into Europe,[74] Canada,[75] United States,[76]
China,[77] and Australia.[78]
Transmission[edit]
See also: Zika virus Transmission
The Aedes aegypti mosquito usually bites in the morning and afternoon
hours, and can be identified by the white stripes on its legs.[80] The mosquito
species (Aedes aegypti, mainly, and Aedes albopictus) that can spread Zika
virus can also spread dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever.[81]
There have been two reports of possible Zika virus transmission via sexual
intercourse from infected males to their partners.[6][8][82] On 23 February
2016, the CDC announced that it is investigating 14 additional cases of
possible sexual transmission.[9][10]
A baby with microcephaly (left) compared to a baby with a typical head size
As of March 2016, public health officials strongly suspect that Zika infection
during pregnancy can cause a number of grave outcomes, including
microcephaly and loss of pregnancy.[6][85] Following the initial Zika outbreak
in Northeastern Brazil, physicians observed a very large surge of reports of
infants born with microcephaly, with 20 times the number of expected cases.
[86][87] Many of these cases have since been confirmed, leading WHO
officials to project that approximately 2,500 infants will be found to have born
in Brazil with Zika-related microcephaly.[88][89] On 10 March 2016, a
research group from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana
(Slovenia), led by young researcher Jernej Mlakar, M.D., published an article
in The New England Journal of Medicine, connecting the Zika virus to
microcephaly.[84]
Proving that Zika causes these effects is difficult and complex for several
reasons.[90][91] For example, the effects on an infant might not be seen until
months after the mother's initial infection, long after the time when Zika is
easily detected in the body.[90] In addition, research is also needed to
determine the mechanism by which Zika produces these effects.[92]
Since the initial outbreak, studies that use several different methods have
found evidence of a link, leading public health officials to conclude that it
appears increasingly likely the virus is linked to microcephaly and
miscarriage.[92][93] On 1 February 2016, the World Health Organization
declared recently reported clusters of microcephaly and other neurological
disorders a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).[85] On
8 March 2016, the WHO Committee reconfirmed that the association between
Zika and neurological disorders is of global concern.[92]
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