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dc.contributor.authorNishiura, Hiroshi
dc.contributor.authorKinoshita, Ryo
dc.contributor.authorMizumoto, Kenji
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-06T18:35:51Z
dc.date.available2022-09-06T18:35:51Z
dc.date.issued2016-06
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(16)00037-0/fulltexten_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12663/3032
dc.description.abstractObjectives Zika virus has spread internationally through countries in the South Pacific and Americas. The present study aimed to estimate the basic reproduction number, R0, of Zika virus infection as a measurement of the transmission potential, reanalyzing past epidemic data from the South Pacific. Methods Incidence data from two epidemics, one on Yap Island, Federal State of Micronesia in 2007 and the other in French Polynesia in 2013–2014, were reanalyzed. R0 of Zika virus infection was estimated from the early exponential growth rate of these two epidemics. Results The maximum likelihood estimate (MLE) of R0 for the Yap Island epidemic was in the order of 4.3–5.8 with broad uncertainty bounds due to the small sample size of confirmed and probable cases. The MLE of R0 for French Polynesia based on syndromic data ranged from 1.8 to 2.0 with narrow uncertainty bounds. Conclusions The transmissibility of Zika virus infection appears to be comparable to those of dengue and chikungunya viruses. Considering that Aedes species are a shared vector, this finding indicates that Zika virus replication within the vector is perhaps comparable to dengue and chikungunya.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subjectZika Research Projecten_US
dc.subjectZika Virusen_US
dc.subjectZika Virus Infectionen_US
dc.titleTransmission potential of Zika virus infection in the South Pacificen_US
eihealth.countryOthersen_US
eihealth.categoryEpidemiology and epidemiological studiesen_US
eihealth.typeResearch protocol informationen_US
eihealth.maincategorySave Lives / Salvar Vidasen_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Infectious Diseasesen_US
dc.contributor.corporatenameJapan. Hokkaido Universityen_US
dc.contributor.corporatenameJapan. Japan Science and Technology Agencyen_US
dc.contributor.corporatenameJapan. The University of Tokyoen_US


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