Zika Virus Screening in the Kenyan Olympic Team Attending the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil
Zika Virus Screening in the Kenyan Olympic Team Attending the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil作者机构：Basic Science Laboratory US Army Medical Research Directorate Kenya/Kenya Medical Research Institute Kisumu Kenya VHF Lab Kenya Medical Research Institute Nairobi Kenya
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Preventive Medicine》 (预防医学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2018年第8卷第6期
页 面：183-187页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
摘 要：The 2016 Olympic Games happened at the time of heightened fears of Zika virus (ZIKV) that was causing microcephaly in newborns in Brazil. To avert or track introduction of ZIKV in Kenya, the Ministry of Health developed a public health response that involved screening of the Kenyan contingent before and after traveling to Brazil. Of the 92 team members that were screened, all but one tested negative for ZIKV IgM and IgG. The sero-positive individual had high IgM serum titers before and after travel to Brazil. When tested for potential antibody cross-reactivity to other flaviviruses that have been reported in Kenya, the sample showed high IgM cross-reactivity to West Nile, Tick-Borne Encephalitis and Yellow Fever Virus. Our data support the low risk predictions of acquiring ZIKV that were made before the Games and will help inform risk assessments for personnel traveling to endemic regions under similar circumstances in the future.
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