TY - JOUR
KW - Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
KW - Zika virus
KW - Environmental factors
KW - Social Change
KW - Women
KW - Brazil
AU - Ali S
AU - Gugliemini O
AU - Harber S
AU - Harrison A
AU - Houle L
AU - Ivory J
AU - Kersten S
AU - Khan R
AU - Kim J
AU - LeBoa C
AU - Nez-Whitfield E
AU - O'Marr J
AU - Rothenberg E
AU - Segnitz M
AU - Sila S
AU - Verwillow A
AU - Vogt M
AU - Yang A
AU - Mordecai EA
AB - <p>Since Zika virus (ZIKV) was detected in Brazil in 2015, it has spread explosively across the Americas and has been linked to increased incidence of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). In one year, it has infected over 500,000 people (suspected and confirmed cases) in 40 countries and territories in the Americas. Along with recent epidemics of dengue (DENV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV), which are also transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes, the emergence of ZIKV suggests an ongoing intensification of environmental and social factors that have given rise to a new regime of arbovirus transmission. Here, we review hypotheses and preliminary evidence for the environmental and social changes that have fueled the ZIKV epidemic. Potential drivers include climate variation, land use change, poverty, and human movement. Beyond the direct impact of microcephaly and GBS, the ZIKV epidemic will likely have social ramifications for women's health and economic consequences for tourism and beyond.</p>

BT - PLoS neglected tropical diseases
C1 - <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28182667?dopt=Abstract</p>

DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005135
IS - 2
J2 - PLoS Negl Trop Dis
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Since Zika virus (ZIKV) was detected in Brazil in 2015, it has spread explosively across the Americas and has been linked to increased incidence of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). In one year, it has infected over 500,000 people (suspected and confirmed cases) in 40 countries and territories in the Americas. Along with recent epidemics of dengue (DENV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV), which are also transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes, the emergence of ZIKV suggests an ongoing intensification of environmental and social factors that have given rise to a new regime of arbovirus transmission. Here, we review hypotheses and preliminary evidence for the environmental and social changes that have fueled the ZIKV epidemic. Potential drivers include climate variation, land use change, poverty, and human movement. Beyond the direct impact of microcephaly and GBS, the ZIKV epidemic will likely have social ramifications for women's health and economic consequences for tourism and beyond.</p>

PY - 2017
EP - e0005135
T2 - PLoS neglected tropical diseases
TI - Environmental and social change drive the explosive emergence of Zika virus in the Americas.
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5300271/pdf/pntd.0005135.pdf
VL - 11
SN - 1935-2735
ER -