Potential Use of the Polio Surveillance System for the Detection of Zika Virus Outbreaks

World Health Organization. 01/23/2017 This Web page provides information about how the World Health Organization is exploring using the existing infrastructure for surveillance of polio to detect people with Zika and related neurological complications in a cost-effective way. It discusses topics that include the link between Zika and polio, how the polio surveillance system could help detect Zika virus outbreaks, and if the polio surveillance system could help estimate Guillain-Barr é syndrome trends. (Text)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - February 3, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news