Dossiê Zika: Tudo o que precisa de saber sobre o vírus

O  Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT) criou o excelente resume sobre o virus do ZIKA (ZIKV), transmitido pela espécie de mosquito Aedes.

Dossiê Zika:
Tudo o que precisa de saber sobre o vírus

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De acordo com a VectorNet - uma iniciativa da European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) e European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) - o mosquito Aedes aegypti (mapa à esquerda) não esta estabelecido (sobrevive o inverno e reproduz) na Europa, com a excepção da Madeira, mas o Aedes albopictus (mapa à direita) está muito mais espalhado pela Europa, incluindo Italia, França e Grécia, entre outros países do Mediterrâneo.

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Aedes aegypti - October 2015. Monitoring (green) and established (red) mosquito populations. Source - ECDC

Aedes albopictus - October 2015. Monitoring (green) and established (red) mosquito populations. Source - ECDC

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A Oranização Mundial de Saude (WHO) declarou, 1 Fevereiro 2016, uma situação de "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" (Emergência de Saúde Publica de preocupação Internacional)

I am now declaring that the recent cluster of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders reported in Brazil, following a similar cluster in French Polynesia in 2014, constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

A coordinated international response is needed to improve surveillance, the detection of infections, congenital malformations, and neurological complications, to intensify the control of mosquito populations, and to expedite the development of diagnostic tests and vaccines to protect people at risk, especially during pregnancy.

​The Committee found no public health justification for restrictions on travel or trade to prevent the spread of Zika virus.

At present, the most important protective measures are the control of mosquito populations and the prevention of mosquito bites in at-risk individuals, especially pregnant women.