Zika Virus Outbreak (2015–present)
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Zika Virus Outbreak (2015–present)
Zika virus outbreak may refer to: * 2015–2016 Zika virus epidemic *Zika virus outbreak timeline This article primarily covers the chronology of the 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic. Flag icons denote the first announcements of confirmed cases by the respective nation-states, their first deaths (and other events such as their first reported ca ... * 2013–2014 Zika virus outbreaks in Oceania * 2007 Yap Islands Zika virus outbreak {{Short pages monitor ...
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Zika Virus Outbreak Timeline
This article primarily covers the chronology of the 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic. Flag icons denote the first announcements of confirmed cases by the respective nation-states, their first deaths (and other events such as their first reported cases of microcephaly and major public health announcements), and relevant sessions and announcements of the World Health Organization (WHO), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), as well as relevant virological, epidemiological, and entomology, entomological studies. Timeline The date of the first confirmations of the disease or any event in a country may be before or after the date of the events in local time because of the International Dateline. 1947–1983 Uganda The Zika virus is first isolated in 1947 in a rhesus monkey in the Zika Forest near Entebbe, Uganda, and first recovered from an Aedes africanus mosquito in 1948. Serology, Serological evidence indicates additional human exposure and/or presence in some mosquito ...
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2013–2014 Zika Virus Outbreaks In Oceania
In October 2013, there was an outbreak of Zika fever in French Polynesia, the first outbreak of several Zika outbreaks across Oceania. With 8,723 cases reported, it was the largest outbreak of Zika fever before the outbreak in the Americas that began in April 2015. An earlier outbreak occurred on Yap Island in the Federated States of Micronesia in 2007, but it is thought that the 2013–2014 outbreak involved an independent introduction of the Zika virus from Southeast Asia. Investigators suggested that the outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases in the Pacific from 2012 to 2014 were "the early stages of a wave that will continue for several years", particularly because of their vulnerability to infectious diseases stemming from isolation and immunologically naive populations. Epidemiology French Polynesia The first Zika outbreak started in French Polynesia in October 2013, with cases reported in the Society, Marquesas and Tuamotu Islands on Tahiti, Mo'orea, Raiatea, Tahaa, ...
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