Zika: the new arbovirus threat for Latin America

Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J.

doi:10.3855/jidc.7230

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“…Although ZIKV was first isolated in 1947 in Central Africa [1], significant research has been conducted for the first time during the past months (ending 2015-beginning 2016) [15], in countries particularly such as Brazil and in Colombia, due to the recent emergence in the Americas.…”

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Mapping Zika virus disease incidence in Valle del Cauca

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used was Kosmo Desktop 3.0RC1 ® . Three thematic incidence rate maps were developed. Results Up to April 2, 2016, 9,825 cases of ZIKV were reported (15.15 % of the country cases). The burden of ZIKV infection has been concentrated in the North of the department. Valle del Cauca borders with other departments with incidence of ZIKV infection, such as Quindío (173 cases) and Risaralda (687 cases). Eleven municipalities of Valle del Cauca had cases in the range between 250 and 499 cases/100,000, all in the North and East of the department. Cali, the capital concentrates more than a third of the reported cases of ZIKV in Valle del Cauca. Conclusions Use of GIS-based epidemiological maps allows to guide decision-making for prevention and control of diseases that constitute significant public health problems in the region and the country, such as exemplified by the emergence of ZIKV infection, particularly in departments such as Valle del Cauca with a high disease incidence.

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“…Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemics have significantly affected territories or countries in the Americas (46 as of September 2016) [1]. Although Colombia is not the country with the highest number of cases, which is Brazil, its cumulative incidence rate is higher (around 210 cases/100,000 in Colombia and 130 cases/100,000 in Brazil).…”

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“…The recent outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) through Latin America and the Caribbean [1,2] has drawn the attention of the world towards this relatively unknown and unstudied virus, particularly for its association with pregnancy and the related increased number of newborn presenting microcephaly reported in Brazil [3]. Furthermore, a major concern is related to the upcoming Olympic games in Brazil in August this year; for this reason health information for travelling was issued by Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [4] as well as for religious mass gatherings such as Umrah, taking place between June and September and Hajj in September when more than 7 million pilgrims will reach Saudi Arabia from all over the world including Latin America [5].…”

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Zika virus: a new pandemic threat

Al‐Qahtani

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Al-Anazi

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J Infect Dev Ctries

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Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging arbovirus of the Flaviviridae family and is related to dengue, Chikungunya, West Nile, yellow fever, and Japanese encephalitis viruses. ZIKV was first discovered in Uganda in 1947. Different species of mosquito from the Aedes genus, mainly A. aegypti and A. albopictus are the vectors responsible for ZIKV infection in humans. It is also reported that ZIKV is transmitted congenitally, sexually, and through blood donation. Until recently, ZIKV outbreaks were sporadic and self-limiting. The first large epidemic was reported from Yap Island in 2007 followed by an outbreak of Zika fever in French Polynesia in 2013. Brazil is the epicenter of the current ZIKV epidemic which is rapidly spreading across the Americas. ZIKV infection remained relatively less studied in view of its low case numbers, and low clinical impact relative to other arboviruses. However, all this is set to change with its rapid spread in the Western hemisphere and suspected complications particularly microcephaly in newborn babies with ZIKV infected mothers. ZIKV is expected to substantially add to both shortterm and long-term economic burden of the effected countries. Due to the large number of people travelling across the borders and some reported cases of transmission of ZIKV via contaminated blood, screening and identification of asymptomatic infected individuals are important.

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“…Finally, these observations on DENV and CHIKV associated cardiovascular manifestations could be useful for management of Zika virus infections, which are currently causing epidemics in Latin America 43– 45 . Cardiovascular compromise has already been described and reported in fatal cases 46, 47 .…”

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Cardiovascular involvement and manifestations of systemic Chikungunya virus infection: A systematic review

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Background: In the last three years, chikungunya virus disease has been spreading, affecting particularly the Americas, producing more than two million cases. In this setting, not only new disease-related epidemiological patterns have been found, but also new clinical findings have been reported by different research groups. These include findings on the cardiovascular system, including clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic alterations. Methods: We performed a systematic review looking for reports about cardiovascular compromise during chikungunya disease. Cardiac compromise is not so common in isolated episodes; but countries where chikungunya virus is an epidemic should be well informed about this condition. We used 6 bibliographical databases as resources: Medline/Pubmed, Embase, ScienceDirect, ClinicalKey, Ovid and SciELO. Dengue reports on cardiovascular affectation were included as well, to compare both arbovirus’ organic affectations. Articles that delved mainly into the rheumatic articular and cutaneous complications were not considered, as they were not in line with the purpose of this study. The type of articles included were reviews, meta-analyses, case-controls, cohort studies, case reports and case series. Results: Originally based on 737 articles, our reviewed selected 40 articles with 54.2% at least mentioning CHIKV cardiovascular compromise within the systemic affectation. Cardiovascular manifestations can be considered common and have been reported in France, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Colombia, Venezuela and USA, including mainly, but no limited to: hypotension, shock and circulatory collapse, Raynaud phenomenon, arrhythmias, murmurs, myocarditis, dilated cardiomyopathy, congestive insufficiency, heart failure and altered function profile (Troponins, CPK). Conclusions: Physicians should be encouraged to keep divulgating reports on the cardiovascular involvement of chikungunya virus disease, to raise awareness and ultimately encourage suitable diagnosis and intervention worldwide.

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Zika: the new arbovirus threat for Latin America

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Cited by 124 publications

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Mapping Zika virus disease incidence in Valle del Cauca

Mapping Zika virus disease incidence in Valle del Cauca

Zika virus: a new pandemic threat

Cardiovascular involvement and manifestations of systemic Chikungunya virus infection: A systematic review

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