Integrated Arbovirus Surveillance Improves the Detection Onset of Zika Virus in Panama.

Integrated Arbovirus Surveillance Improves the Detection Onset of Zika Virus in Panama. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Mar 30;: Authors: Eskildsen GA, Kramer LD, Zink SD, Dupuis AP, Wong SJ, Furuya A, Loaiza JR Abstract We tested 700 serum samples collected throughout Panama from 2015 to 2016 for detecting antibodies and RNA of arboviruses. In convalescent specimens, microsphere immunoassay detected an antibody prevalence of 59.3% for dengue virus (DENV) and 30.3% for Zika, which included samples that were collected before the Panamanian surveillance system reported the first case of Zika in the country. For acute sera, the most common arbovirus was DENV with 18 positive samples (6%), followed by four (1.3%) of Zika virus (ZIKV) and one (0.6%) of chikungunya virus. Our results indicate a change in the chronology of when ZIKV was first detected in Panama and stress the importance of integrating various approaches to enable improved surveillance of both endemic and emerging arboviruses. PMID: 32228787 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Tags: Am J Trop Med Hyg Source Type: research