Zika virus outbreak in Suriname, a report based on laboratory surveillance data.
| Autor: | Codrington J; Academic Hospital, Paramaribo, Suriname., Roosblad J; Academich Hospital Paramaribo, Clinical Chemistry, Paramaribo, Suriname., Baidjoe A; Institut Pasteur and EUPHEM fellow at European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France and European Programme for Public Health Microbiology Training (EUPHEM), European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden., Holband N; Academic Hospital, Paramaribo, Suriname., Adde A; Faculty of Forestry, Geography and Geomatics, Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, Laval University, Québec, Québec, Canada., Kazanji M; Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana., Flamand C; Epidemiology unitInstitut Pasteur de la Guyane. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | PLoS currents [PLoS Curr] 2018 May 10; Vol. 10. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 May 10. |
| DOI: | 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.ff0f6190d5431c2a2e824255eaeaf339 |
| Abstrakt: | Introduction: Since the identification of ZIKV in Brazil in May 2015, the virus has spread extensively throughout the Americas. Cases of ZIKV infection have been reported in Suriname since October 2, 2015. Methods: A laboratory-based surveillance system was quickly implemented according to previous experience with the emergence of chikungunya. General practitioners and public health centers located in different districts of Suriname were asked to send blood samples from suspicious cases to Academic Hospital for molecular diagnosis of Zika virus infection. We investigated Zika-related laboratory data collected during surveillance and response activities to provide the first outbreak report in Suriname in terms of time, location and person. Results: A total of 791 molecularly confirmed cases were reported during a 48-week interval from October 2015 to August 2016. The majority of ZIKV-positive cases involved women between 20 and 39 years of age, reflecting concern about Zika infection during pregnancy. The outbreak peaked in mid-January and gradually spread from the district of Paramaribo to western coastal areas. Discussion: This report provides a simple and comprehensive description of the outbreak in Suriname and demonstrates the utility of laboratory data to highlight the spatiotemporal dynamics of the outbreak in that country. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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