Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 14, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 286-288

Zika infection GIS-based mapping suggest high transmission activity in the border area of la Guajira, Colombia, a northeastern coast Caribbean department, 2015-2016: Implications for public health, migration and travel (Letter)

Rodriguez-Morales A.J.* , García-Loaiza C.J. , Galindo-Marquez M.L. , Sabogal-Roman J.A. , Marin-Loaiza S. , Lozada-Riascos C.O. , Diaz-Quijano F.A.
  • a Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia, Organización Latinoamericana para El Fomento de la Investigación en Salud (OLFIS), Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia
  • b Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
  • c Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
  • d Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
  • e Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
  • f Regional Information System, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
  • g Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 715, Cerqueira Cesar, São Paulo, SP CEP 01246-904, Brazil

Abstract

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Author Keywords

Colombia Latin america Epidemiology Zika Travelers

Index Keywords

transmission Zika Virus Infection Human Migration geographic information system Geographic Information Systems health care policy Letter human risk assessment travel priority journal Zika virus Zika fever Colombia dengue Humans virology Caribbean Region isolation and purification Caribbean Incidence infection prevention migration virus transmission pregnant woman public health
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84963900766&doi=10.1016%2fj.tmaid.2016.03.018&partnerID=40&md5=d4fbd6739718cde98fc716b3f51fdf30
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.03.018
ISSN: 14778939
Cited by: 21
Original Language: English