Open AccessNotes on Zika virus – an emerging pathogen now present in the South Pacific
Author(s) -
Derraik José G.,
Slaney David
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1326-0200
DOI - 10.1111/1753-6405.12302
Subject(s) - zika virus , pathogen , virology , geography , virus , biology , medicine , immunology
In the past few years, the emergence of Chikungunya virus is posing a threat to public health in NZ.3 This risk has increased with the Chikungunya outbreaks in New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea,4 and more recently in Tonga,5 Samoa, American Samoa,6 French Polynesia,7 and Tokelau Islands (a NZ territory).8 Recent outbreaks of Zika virus disease (family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus) in the South Pacific9,10 and associated imported cases to NZ raise concerns about the likelihood of this virus reaching NZ.