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Risk of Olympic Travel-Associated Importation of Zika Virus

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday July 26 2016, @03:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the should-we-quarantine dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Research based on the previous four summer Olympics has indicated that travel during the Olympics typically does not exceed baseline travel volume patterns to the host city

[...] With the exception of [Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Yemen], the Games do not pose a unique or substantive risk for mosquito-borne transmission of Zika virus in excess of that posed by non-Games travel.

The CDC mentions that the assessment is based on worse case scenario projections that include assuming maximal seasonal transmission, no anti-mosquito precautions, and returning to the home country at the point of maximal viremia.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6528e1.htm

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 26 2016, @05:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 26 2016, @05:44PM (#380374)

    PEOPLE should receive mandatory testing for Zika in affected areas

    Probably not. The data would be useful to scientists, but money would be better spent on other public health activities such as mosquito control.