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Zika Virus Screening among Spanish Team Members After 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Olympic Games

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/8210
ISSN: 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid2308.170415

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2017

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Vazquez, Ana ISCIII ORCIDScopus Author IDWeb of Science ResearcherID

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We evaluated the risk for the Spanish Olympic Team acquiring Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during 2016. We recruited 117 team members, and all tested negative for Zika virus. Lack of cases in this cohort supports the minimum risk estimates made before the Games.

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Brazil Olympic Games Olympic team Rio de Janeiro Spain Zika virus Arboviruses Mass gathering event Screening Vector-borne infections Viruses

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Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Aug;23(8):1426-1428.

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https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.170415

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