The 2021 Zika outbreak in Uttar Pradesh state of India: Tackling the emerging public health threat.
Trop Doct
; 52(4): 474-478, 2022 Oct.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35818774
Zika virus is an RNA virus belonging to the Flavivirus family that is chiefly transmitted by the female Aedes mosquito. The Zika virus first infected humans in Uganda and Tanzania in 1952. Since, it has spread to several parts of the world causing outbreaks of variable extent. In India, these outbreaks have been reported from Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Kerala, and Maharashtra. The most recent outbreak is from the most populous state of India, Uttar Pradesh, where the climate is conducive to the breeding and transmission of other arboviral infections such as Dengue, Chikungunya, and Malaria. These infections also happen to share similar incubation periods and overlapping clinical manifestations with Zika virus (ZIKV) infection, leading to misdiagnoses or delayed diagnosis. We aim to provide an account of the outbreak, its repercussions, errors made in attempting to contain the spread of the disease, and, measures to be taken in the future.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Virus Zika
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Infección por el Virus Zika
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
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En
Revista:
Trop Doct
Año:
2022
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Article
País de afiliación:
India
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido