Zika virus [to 23 April 2016]
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)
http://www.who.int/emergencies/zika-virus/en/

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Zika situation report
14 April 2016
Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome
Read the full situation report
Summary
:: From 1 January 2007 to 20 April 2016, Zika virus transmission was documented in a total of 66 countries and territories.

:: Mosquito-borne transmission:
>> 42 countries are experiencing a first outbreak of Zika virus since 2015, with no previous evidence of circulation, and with ongoing transmission by mosquitos.
>> 17 countries have reported evidence of Zika virus transmission prior to 2015, with or without ongoing transmission or have reported an outbreak since 2015 that is now over.

:: Person-to-person transmission:
>> Eight countries have now reported evidence of person-to-person transmission of Zika virus, other than mosquito-borne transmission (Argentina, Chile, France, Italy, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal and the United States of America).

:: In the week to 20 April, no additional countries have reported mosquito-borne Zika virus transmission. Peru and Portugal are the latest countries to report person-to-person transmission.

:: Microcephaly and other fetal malformations potentially associated with Zika virus infection or suggestive of congenital infection have been reported in six countries (Brazil, Cabo Verde, Colombia, French Polynesia, Martinique and Panama). Two cases, each linked to a stay in Brazil, were detected in Slovenia and the United States of America. A further case, linked to a brief stay in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, was detected in a pregnant woman in the United States of America.

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Disease Outbreak News (DONs)
:: 22 April 2016 Zika virus infection – Papua New Guinea
:: 21 April 2016 Zika virus infection – Peru
:: 20 April 2016 Zika virus infection – Saint Lucia

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Zika Open [to 23 April 2016]
[Bulletin of the World Health Organization]
:: All papers available here New papers below:
Analysis of the genetic divergence in Asian strains of ZIKA virus with reference to 2015-2016 outbreaks
– Jatin Shrinet, Aditi Agrawal, Raj K Bhatnagar & Sujatha Sunil
Posted: 22 April 2016
http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.176065
pdf, 2.38Mb

Clinical comparison, standardization and optimization of Zika virus molecular detection
– Victor M. Corman, Andrea Rasche, Cecile Baronti, Souhaib Aldabbagh, Daniel Cadar, Chantal B.E.M. Reusken, Suzan D. Pas, Abraham Goorhuis, Janke Schinkel, Richard Molenkamp, Beate M. Kuemmerer, Tobias Bleicker, Sebastian Brünink, Monika Eschbach-Bludau, Anna M. Eis-Hübinger, Marion P. Koopmans, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Martin P. Grobusch, Xavier de Lamballerie, Christian Drosten, & Jan Felix Drexler
Posted: 19 April 2016
http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.175950

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CDC/ACIP [to 23 April 2016]
http://www.cdc.gov/media/index.html
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
CDC and OSHA Issue Interim Guidance for Protecting Workers from Occupational Exposure to Zika Virus
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued new guidance and information for protecting workers from occupational exposure to Zika…

MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016
CDC adds Belize to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus
CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Belize. CDC has issued travel notices…

MMWR April 22, 2016 / Vol. 65 / No. 15
:: Patterns in Zika Virus Testing and Infection, by Report of Symptoms and Pregnancy Status — United States, January 3–March 5, 2016