title: Short-term economic impact of the Zika virus outbreak.
abstract: Zika virus (ZIKV) is mainly transmitted by mosquitoes bites. However, transmission by sexual contacts has been reported in 11 non endemic countries. The rapid spread of ZIKV in Latin American and Caribbean Countries (LCR), person-to-person transmission and perceived risk on people's well being can affect the emerging economies of LCR which historically dependent on truism. Here we present an analysis on economic outputs for assessing the current impact of ZIKV on markets. Our analysis show an unexpected resilience of LCR markets to international alerts. This positive response represents an opportunity to scale-up interventions for preventing the further spreading of the ZIKV epidemic.
authors.affiliation: University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Macciocchi
authors.affiliation: 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' National Institute for Infectious Diseases-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.|International Public Health Crisis Group (IPHCG).
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lanini
authors.affiliation: 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' National Institute for Infectious Diseases-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.|International Public Health Crisis Group (IPHCG).
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vairo
authors.affiliation: Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, and UK National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Alimuddin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zumla
authors.forename: Luiz Tadeu Moraes
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.affiliation: 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' National Institute for Infectious Diseases-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco Nicola
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Lauria
authors.affiliation: Emergency NGO, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Gino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strada
authors.affiliation: Institut Hospital Universitaire Méditérranée, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brouqui
authors.affiliation: 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' National Institute for Infectious Diseases-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Puro
authors.affiliation: Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krishna
authors.affiliation: Institut für Tropenmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany and Centre de Recherches Medicales de Lambarene, Lambarene, Gabon.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kremsner
authors.affiliation: 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' National Institute for Infectious Diseases-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scognamiglio
authors.affiliation: Institut für Tropenmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany and Centre de Recherches Medicales de Lambarene, Lambarene, Gabon.
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.affiliation: 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' National Institute for Infectious Diseases-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nicastri
authors.affiliation: 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' National Institute for Infectious Diseases-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.|International Public Health Crisis Group (IPHCG).
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Caro
authors.affiliation: International Public Health Crisis Group (IPHCG).
authors.forename: Rodolfo Maria
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Cieri
authors.affiliation: Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
authors.forename: John P A
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ioannidis
authors.affiliation: International Public Health Crisis Group (IPHCG).|Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Infectious Disease Research Centre, Quebec-Laval University, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kobinger
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of São Paulo and LIM01-HCFMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo Nascimento
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Burattini
authors.affiliation: 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' National Institute for Infectious Diseases-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.|International Public Health Crisis Group (IPHCG).
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ippolito
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D008800:Mexico; D013997:Time Factors; D014900:West Indies / Q000453:epidemiology; D000071244:Zika Virus; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Behavioral; Disease Outbreaks; Economics; Latin America; Zika Virus Infection