Estimated number of local transmission cases of Zika virus infection imported from Brazil to France

Publication date: Available online 10 August 2016 Source:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine Author(s): Somsri Wiwanitkit, Viroj Wiwanitkit The Zika virus infection becomes the present public health threat and the control of this disease needs international collaboration. An important problem is the international travel that promotes the importation of Zika virus disease to the new setting. The local transmission of the imported infection is the big problem. Based on the available data on published articles, in this letter, the authors estimated the number of local transmission cases, by both mosquito borne and sexually transmitted modes, of Zika virus infection imported from Brazil to France.
Source: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine - Category: Tropical Medicine Source Type: research