Acute flaccid paralysis incidence and Zika virus surveillance, Pacific Islands | Zendy

Adam Craig | Zendy; Michelle Butler | Zendy; Roberta Pastore | Zendy; Beverley J. Paterson | Zendy; David N. Dürrheim | Zendy

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Acute flaccid paralysis incidence and Zika virus surveillance, Pacific Islands

Author(s) -

Adam Craig,

Michelle Butler,

Roberta Pastore,

Beverley J. Paterson,

David N. Dürrheim

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

bulletin of the world health organization

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1564-0604

pISSN - 0042-9686

DOI - 10.2471/blt.16.171892

Subject(s) - zika virus , incidence (geometry) , medicine , acute flaccid paralysis , virology , paralysis , flaccid paralysis , guillain barre syndrome , dengue fever , aedes , pediatrics , virus , surgery , physics , optics , poliovirus

The emergence of Zika virus has challenged outbreak surveillance systems in many at-risk, low-resource countries. As the virus has been linked with Guillain-Barré syndrome, routine data on the incidence of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) may provide a useful early warning system for the emergence of Zika virus.

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