Zika infection GIS-based mapping suggest high transmission activity in the border area of la Guajira, Colombia, a northeastern coast Caribbean department, 2015-2016: Implications for public health, migration and travel

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 286-288

  Rodriguez Morales, Alfonso J ^a,b   García Loaiza, Carlos Julian ^a   Galindo Marquez, Maria Leonor ^a   Sabogal Roman, Juan Alejandro ^a   Marin Loaiza, Santiago ^a   Lozada Riascos, Carlos O ^a   Diaz Quijano, Fredi A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^b Organizacion Latinoamericana para el Fomento de la Investigacion en Salud (OLFIS)   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Colombia; Epidemiology; Latin America; Travelers; Zika

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN; COLOMBIA; DENGUE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; MIGRATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

CARIBBEAN REGION; COLOMBIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAVEL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84963900766     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.03.018     Document Type: Letter

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