Zika virus transmission in Angola and the potential for further spread to other African settings

BACKGROUND: Cases of Zika virus were recently detected in Luanda, Angola, a major travel hub in Africa. The risk of Zika virus transmission throughout the continent from Angola is evaluated. METHODS: Travel volumes were assessed using monthly passenger-level flight data from Luanda to all locations...

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Autores principales: Kraemer, Moritz U G, Brady, Oliver J, Watts, Alexander, German, Matthew, Hay, Simon I, Khan, Kamran, Bogoch, Isaac I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Short Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5914323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29394415
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/try001
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author Kraemer, Moritz U G
Brady, Oliver J
Watts, Alexander
German, Matthew
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Khan, Kamran
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description BACKGROUND: Cases of Zika virus were recently detected in Luanda, Angola, a major travel hub in Africa. The risk of Zika virus transmission throughout the continent from Angola is evaluated. METHODS: Travel volumes were assessed using monthly passenger-level flight data from Luanda to all locations throughout Africa. Travel data was superimposed onto seasonal environmental suitability maps that predict the potential for subsequent Zika virus transmission. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Windhoek, Maputo, Durban and Kinshasa have the greatest potential for Zika virus introduction and transmission during the southern hemisphere summer months, and Nairobi during the northern hemisphere summer months.
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spelling pubmed-59143232018-05-04 Zika virus transmission in Angola and the potential for further spread to other African settings Kraemer, Moritz U G Brady, Oliver J Watts, Alexander German, Matthew Hay, Simon I Khan, Kamran Bogoch, Isaac I Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg Short Communications BACKGROUND: Cases of Zika virus were recently detected in Luanda, Angola, a major travel hub in Africa. The risk of Zika virus transmission throughout the continent from Angola is evaluated. METHODS: Travel volumes were assessed using monthly passenger-level flight data from Luanda to all locations throughout Africa. Travel data was superimposed onto seasonal environmental suitability maps that predict the potential for subsequent Zika virus transmission. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Windhoek, Maputo, Durban and Kinshasa have the greatest potential for Zika virus introduction and transmission during the southern hemisphere summer months, and Nairobi during the northern hemisphere summer months. Oxford University Press 2017-11 2018-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5914323/ /pubmed/29394415 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/try001 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Zika virus transmission in Angola and the potential for further spread to other African settings
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5914323/
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