Zika Virus Outbreak, Barbados, 2015-2016.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 98(6): 1857-1859, 2018 06.
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ABSTRACT
Barbados is a Caribbean island country of approximately 285,000 people, with a thriving tourism industry. In 2015, Zika spread rapidly throughout the Americas, and its proliferation through the Caribbean islands followed suit. Barbados reported its first confirmed autochthonous Zika transmission to the Pan American Health Organization in January 2016, a month before the global public health emergency was declared. After detection of suspected Zika cases on Barbados in 2015, 926 individuals were described as suspected cases, and 147 laboratory-confirmed cases were reported through December 2016, the end of the most recent epidemiological year. In this short report, we describe the epidemiological characteristics of 926 clinical case records that were originally suspected as cases of Zika, and which were subsequently sent for testing and confirmation; 147 were found positive for Zika, using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction methods, another 276 tested negative, and the remaining 503 were either pending results or still in the suspected category. Women were represented at about twice the rate of men in case records where gender was reported (71.9%), and confirmed cases (78.2%), and 19 of the confirmed positive cases were children under the age of 10.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Salud Global
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Brotes de Enfermedades
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Virus Zika
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Infección por el Virus Zika
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Barbados
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Caribe ingles
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Año:
2018
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Article