Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 22, Number 5—May 2016
Letter

Tropical Islands as New Hubs for Emerging Arboviruses

Van-Mai Cao-LormeauComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Institut Louis Malardé, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Main Article

Figure

Areas affected by dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, worldwide, 2005, 2010, and 2015, illustrating the evolution of the geographic distribution of these viruses over the past decade (1–5,7). Light shading/circles indicate countries with endemic transmission; dark shading/circles indicate countries with outbreaks recorded during the previous 5 years; dots indicate imported cases in countries without autochthonous transmission; stars indicate countries with reported autochthonous transmission.

Figure. Areas affected by dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, worldwide, 2005, 2010, and 2015, illustrating the evolution of the geographic distribution of these viruses over the past decade (1–5,7). Light shading/circles indicate countries with endemic transmission; dark shading/circles indicate countries with outbreaks recorded during the previous 5 years; dots indicate imported cases in countries without autochthonous transmission; stars indicate countries with reported autochthonous transmission.

Main Article

References
  1. Bhatt  S, Gething  PW, Brady  OJ, Messina  JP, Farlow  AW, Moyes  CL, The global distribution and burden of dengue. Nature. 2013;496:504–7. DOIPubMedGoogle Scholar
  2. Weaver  SC, Lecuit  M. Chikungunya virus and the global spread of a mosquito-borne disease. N Engl J Med. 2015;372:1231–9. DOIPubMedGoogle Scholar
  3. Musso  D, Cao-Lormeau  VM, Gubler  DJ. Zika virus: following the path of dengue and chikungunya? Lancet. 2015;386:243–4. DOIPubMedGoogle Scholar
  4. Coffey  LL, Failloux  AB, Weaver  SC. Chikungunya virus-vector interactions. Viruses. 2014;6:4628–63. DOIPubMedGoogle Scholar
  5. Renault  P, Solet  JL, Sissoko  D, Balleydier  E, Larrieu  S, Filleul  L, A major epidemic of chikungunya virus infection on Reunion Island, France, 2005-2006. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007;77:727–31 .PubMedGoogle Scholar
  6. Pan American Health Organization. Epidemiological alert: neurological syndrome, congenital malformations, and Zika virus infection. Implications for public health in the Americas [cited 2015 Dec 31]. http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&Itemid=&gid=32405&lang=en
  7. Foy  BD, Kobylinski  KC, Chilson Foy  JL, Blitvich  BJ, Travassos da Rosa  A, Haddow  AD, . Probable non-vector-borne transmission of Zika virus, Colorado, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17:880–2. DOIPubMedGoogle Scholar
  8. Musso  D, Roche  C, Robin  E, Nhan  T, Teissier  A, Cao-Lormeau  VM. Potential sexual transmission of Zika virus. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015;21:359–61. DOIPubMedGoogle Scholar
  9. Musso  D, Nhan  T, Robin  E, Roche  C, Bierlaire  D, Zisou  K, Potential for Zika virus transmission through blood transfusion demonstrated during an outbreak in French Polynesia, November 2013 to February 2014. Euro Surveill. 2014;19:20761. DOIPubMedGoogle Scholar
  10. Gallian  P, de Lamballerie  X, Salez  N, Piorkowski  G, Richard  P, Paturel  L, Prospective detection of chikungunya virus in blood donors, Caribbean 2014. Blood. 2014;123:3679–81 . DOIPubMedGoogle Scholar

Main Article

Page created: April 14, 2016
Page updated: April 14, 2016
Page reviewed: April 14, 2016
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external