Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2017)

Zika Virus Screening among Spanish Team Members After 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Olympic Games

  • Natalia Rodriguez-Valero,
  • Alberto M. Borobia,
  • Mar Lago,
  • Maria Paz Sánchez-Seco,
  • Fernando de Ory,
  • Ana Vázquez,
  • Jose Luis Pérez-Arellano,
  • Cristina Carranza Rodríguez,
  • Miguel J. Martínez,
  • Alicia Capón,
  • Elias Cañas,
  • Joaquin Salas-Coronas,
  • Arkaitz Azcune Galparsoro,
  • Jose Muñoz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.170415
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 8
pp. 1426 – 1428

Abstract

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We evaluated the risk for the Spanish Olympic Team acquiring Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during 2016. We recruited 117 team members, and all tested negative for Zika virus. Lack of cases in this cohort supports the minimum risk estimates made before the Games.

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