Estimated global exportations of Zika virus infections via travellers from Brazil from 2014 to 2015.
The ongoing Zika pandemic in Latin America illustrates a potential source for further globalized spread. Here, we assessed global travel-related Zika virus exportations from Brazil during the initial year of the epidemic. Similar to subsequent national notifications, we estimated 584-1786 exported Zika cases from Brazil occurred September 2014-August 2015.
Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore anneliesws@gmail.com.
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D001938:Brazil; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014943:Global Health / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America; D011379:Prognosis; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends; D014195:Travel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000071244:Zika Virus; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*
Brazil; Zika; air passengers; exportation; travel