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. 2017 Nov;23(11):1926-1927.
doi: 10.3201/eid2311.171140.

Outbreak of Zika Virus Infections, Dominica, 2016

Outbreak of Zika Virus Infections, Dominica, 2016

Sadie J Ryan et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Nov.

Abstract

In February 2016, the World Health Organization declared the pandemic of Zika virus a public health emergency. On March 4, 2016, Dominica reported its first autochthonous Zika virus disease case; subsequently, 1,263 cases were reported. We describe the outbreak through November 2016, when the last known case was reported.

Keywords: Aedes; Brazil; Caribbean; Commonwealth of Dominica; Pan American Health Organization; Puerto Rico; ZIKV; Zika virus; aegypti; albopictus; autochthonous; flavivirus; microcephaly; mosquitoes; pandemic; sexual transmission; vector-borne infections; viruses.

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Suspected and confirmed cases of Zika virus infection reported during outbreak, Dominica, 2016.

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