Volume 23, Number 8—August 2017
Research Letter
Zika Virus Screening among Spanish Team Members After 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Olympic Games
Table
Demographic and travel-related characteristics of 117 Spanish athletes who attended the Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2016*
Characteristic | Results |
---|---|
Sex | |
M | 76 (65.0) |
F |
41 (35.0) |
Age, y, median ± SD |
35.54 ± 9.46 |
Athletes | |
All athletes | 53 (45.3) |
Outdoor athletes |
35 (66.0) |
Spanish nationality |
112 (95.7) |
Chronic disease | 6 (5.1) |
Immunosuppression |
0 |
Current pregnancy, own or partner’s |
9 (7.7)† |
Intention to conceive within the following 6 mo | 29 (24.8) |
Sex | |
M | 22 (75.9) |
F |
7 (24.1) |
Vaccination and travel advice | |
Vaccine | |
Yellow fever | 23 (19.6) |
Japanese encephalitis | 0 |
Tickborne encephalitis | 0 |
Attendance at a travel clinic | 115 (98.3) |
Zika advice included |
116 (99.2) |
>1 Visit to a tropical country |
74 (63.3) |
Previous diagnosis of dengue |
0 |
During the trip | |
Length of stay, d, median ± SD | 21.35 ± 9.05 |
Places visited | |
Rio de Janeiro | 103 (88) |
Rio de Janeiro, Deodoro, and Barra | 7 (6.0) |
Rio de Janeiro and Ilha Grande | 4 (3.4) |
Rio de Janeiro and Paraty | 1 (0.85) |
Rio de Janeiro and French Polynesia |
1 (0.85) |
Use of bed nets or air conditioners | 61 (52.6) |
Use of repellent | 111 (94.9) |
Risky sexual behavior | 2 (1.7) |
Recall >1 mosquito bite during stay | 56 (47.9) |
*All values are no. (%) unless otherwise indicated.
†Male participants’ partners who were pregnant before the Games.