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Acta Médica Peruana

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NUNEZ, Eduardo; VASQUEZ, Marilin; BELTRAN-LUQUE, Briana  and  PADGETT, Denis. Zika virus in Central America and its complications. Acta méd. peruana [online]. 2016, vol.33, n.1, pp.42-49. ISSN 1728-5917.

The Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus which was first isolated in Zika, a valley in Uganda. The first case of human infection was reported in 1954; and since then cases have been described in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. Central America has been affected by climate change, poverty, and poor environmental sanitation. Zika virus infection is a vector-borne disease, and there may also be perinatal transmission, as well as by blood transfusions and through infected semen. From a clinical standpoint, ZIKV infection is hardly different Dengue and Chikungunya infections. ZIKV complications are mainly at a neurological level. The governments of the affected regions must have vector control policies, as well as improvements in housing and waste disposal.

Keywords : Virus diseases; Guillain-Barre syndrome; Flavivirus.

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