Assessing Seasonal Risks for the Introduction and Mosquito-borne Spread of Zika Virus in Europe

• Main Authors: Rocklöv, Joacim, Quam, Mikkel Brandon, Sudre, Bertrand, German, Matthew, Kraemer, Moritz U.G., Brady, Oliver, Bogoch, Isaac I., Liu-Helmersson, Jing, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Semenza, Jan C., Ong, Mark, Aaslav, Kaja Kaasik, Khan, Kamran
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: ZIKV; Zika
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82126; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41129
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The explosive Zika virus epidemic in the Americas is amplifying spread of this emerging pathogen into previously unaffected regions of the world, including Europe (Gulland, 2016), where local populations are immunologically naïve. As summertime approaches in the northern hemisphere, Aedes mosquitoes...