Community based serosurvey of na ïve population indicate no local circulation of Zika virus in an hyper endemic area of China 2016

We previously reported in this Journal that,1 In early 2016, the public authority of China enforced the detection of imported Zika cases in international airports regarding to the continuing global transmission of zika virus (ZIKV). During February to September, 2016, 28 imported ZIKV infection cases were detected in China, of which 15 were imported from Venezuela, Suriname and Guatemala to Enping County, Guangdong, China (Figure 1) where is the hometown of more than 450,000 Guangdong residents work and live in South America and South Pacifica countries.

Source: Journal of Infection - March 31, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jiufeng Sun, Juan Su, Xiaoyang Jiao, Huiqiong Zhou, Huan Zhang, De Wu, Changwen Ke Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research