Rapid Spread of Zika Virus in The Americas - Implications for Public Health Preparedness for Mass Gatherings at the 2016 Brazil Olympic Games

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-15

  Petersen, Eskild ^a   Wilson, Mary E ^b,c   Touch, Sok ^d   McCloskey, Brian ^e   Mwaba, Peter ^f   Bates, Matthew ^f   Dar, Osman ^e   Mattes, Frank ^g   Kidd, Mike ^g   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^h   Azhar, Esam I ⁱ   Zumla, Alimuddin ^g,i  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

ⁱ KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; Brazil; Mass Gatherings; Olympics; Sporting events; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPORTING EVENT; VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA VIRUS; COMPLICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPORT; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAZIL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROCEPHALY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPORTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84957796532     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.001     Document Type: Review

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