Browsing Technical documents and research evidence on COVID-19 by Subject "French Polynesia"
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Association between Zika virus and microcephaly in French Polynesia, 2013-15: A retrospective study
(2016-06)The emergence of Zika virus in the Americas has coincided with increased reports of babies born with microcephaly. On Feb 1, 2016, WHO declared the suspected link between Zika virus and microcephaly to be a Public Health ... -
Complete coding sequence of zika virus from a French polynesia outbreak in 2013
(2014)Zika virus is an arthropod-borne Flavivirus member of the Spondweni serocomplex, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. We report here the complete coding sequence of a Zika virus strain belonging to the Asian lineage, isolated ... -
Epidemiological update: Complications potentially linked to the Zika virus outbreak, Brazil and French Polynesia - 27 November 2015
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Evidence of perinatal transmission of Zika virus, French Polynesia, December 2013 and February 2014
(2014)A Zika virus (ZIKAV) outbreak started in October 2013 in French Polynesia, South Pacific. We describe here the clinical and laboratory features of two mothers and their newborns who had ZIKAV infection as confirmed by ZIKAV ... -
Guillain-Barre Syndrome (42 Cases) Occurring During a Zika Virus Outbreak in French Polynesia
(2016-06)Zika virus (transmitted by mosquitoes) reached French Polynesia for the first time in 2013, leading to an epidemic affecting 10% of the total population. So far, it has not been known to induce any neurological complications, ... -
Guillain-Barré Syndrome outbreak associated with Zika virus infection in French Polynesia: a case-control study
(2016-06)Between October, 2013, and April, 2014, French Polynesia experienced the largest Zika virus outbreak ever described at that time. During the same period, an increase in Guillain-Barré syndrome was reported, suggesting a ... -
Potential for Zika virus transmission through blood transfusion demonstrated during an outbreak in French Polynesia, November 2013 to February 2014
(2014)ZIKAV, an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) belonging to the family Flaviviridae and genus Flavivirus [5], was first isolated in 1947 from a monkey in the Zika forest, Uganda [6]. Sporadic human Zika fever cases have been ... -
Seroprevalence of arboviruses among blood donors in French Polynesia, 2011–2013
(2015)French Polynesia is a high epidemic/endemic area for arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses). We recently reported the silent circulation of Ross River virus and absence of active transmission of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) ... -
Transmission Dynamics of Zika Virus in Island Populations: A Modelling Analysis of the 2013-14 French Polynesia Outbreak
(2016-06)Between October 2013 and April 2014, more than 30,000 cases of Zika virus (ZIKV) disease were estimated to have attended healthcare facilities in French Polynesia. ZIKV has also been reported in Africa and Asia, and in ... -
Two cases of Zika fever imported from French Polynesia to Japan, December 2013 to January 2014
(2014)We report two cases of Zika fever in Japan, which were imported from French Polynesia, where on 6 November 2013 public health authorities reported an outbreak of subfebrile illness with rash due to Zika virus (ZIKV). The ... -
Zika virus and blood transfusion: the experience of French Polynesia
(2017)Background: Between October 2013 and March 2014, French Polynesia experienced the largest Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak ever described before the emergence of ZIKV in the Americas in 2015. As arbovirus transfusion-transmitted ... -
Zika virus infection complicated by Guillain-Barre syndrome--case report, French Polynesia, December 2013
(2014)Zika fever, considered as an emerging disease of arboviral origin, because of its expanding geographic area, is known as a benign infection usually presenting as an influenza-like illness with cutaneous rash. So far, Zika ... -
Zika virus infection in French Polynesia
(2016-06)On Feb 1, WHO issued an alert1 on the potential fetal consequences of the Zika virus outbreak after the Brazilian authorities reported an abnormal increase in the number of cases of neonates born with microcephaly.2 Although ... -
Zika virus infections imported to Italy: clinical, immunological and virological findings, and public health implications
(2016)We report the first two cases of laboratory confirmed Zika virus (ZIKV) infections imported into Italy from French Polynesia. Both patients presented with low grade fever, malaise, conjunctivitis, myalgia, arthralgia, ankle ... -
Zika Virus Transmission from French Polynesia to Brazil
(2015)To date, the largest ZIKV outbreak occurred in French Polynesia during 2013–2014. The outbreak spread to other Pacific Islands: New Caledonia, Cook Islands, Easter Island, Vanuatu, and Solomon Islands (2). The origin of ... -
Zika Virus, French Polynesia, South Pacific, 2013
(2014)Isolated in 1947 from a rhesus monkey in Zika forest, Uganda, Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus (1). For half a century, ZIKV was described only as causing sporadic human infections in Africa and Asia, which ...