Zika virus outbreak on Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia.

By Mark R. Duffy, Tai-Ho Chen, W. T. Hancock, A. Powers, J. Kool, R. Lanciotti, M. Pretrick, M. Marfel, S. Holzbauer, C. Dubray and 10 more. New England Journal of Medicine, 2009

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Zika Virus Outbreak, Bahia, Brazil (2015, background): “In 2007, an outbreak of ZIKV was reported in Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia (2).”
Thermal biology of mosquito-borne disease (2019, background): “The parasite abbreviations are as follows: Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV), Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV), Sindbis virus (SINV), West Nile virus (WNV), St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV), Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), dengue virus (DENV), Ross River virus (RRV), Murray Valley ”
Potential for Zika virus transmission through blood transfusion demonstrated during an outbreak in French Polynesia, November 2013 to February 2014. (2014, background): “The first documented outbreak outside Africa and Asia occurred in 2007 in the Yap State, Micronesia, in the North Pacific, where Zika fever was characterised by rash, conjunctivitis and arthralgia [8].”
Probable Non–Vector-borne Transmission of Zika Virus, Colorado, USA (2011, background): “In 2007, a large outbreak of ZIKV infection occurred on Yap Island in the southwestern Pacifi c that infected ≈70% of the island’s inhabitants (3), which highlighted this virus as an emerging pathogen.”
A Mouse Model of Zika Virus Pathogenesis (2016, background): “Typically, ZIKV infection has been associated with a self-limiting febrile illness often including rash, arthralgia, and conjunctivitis, though most infections are asymptomatic (Brasil et al., 2016; Duffy et al., 2009; Hayes, 2009).”
Zika Virus Outside Africa (2009, background): “A medical volunteer who was on Yap Island during the ZIKV disease outbreak became ill and was likely viremic with ZIKV after her return to the United States (2).”
Evidence of perinatal transmission of Zika virus, French Polynesia, December 2013 and February 2014. (2014, background): “Since the 1960s, human cases have been sporadically reported in Asia and Africa [7], but the first large documented outbreak occurred in 2007 in Yap Island, Micronesia, in the North Pacific, where physicians reported an outbreak characterised by rash, conjunctivitis and arthralgia [8].”
Detection of Zika Virus in Urine (2015, background): “ZIKV infection has been poorly described because it is a benign, self-limiting illness in most cases (5).”
First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Brazil (2015, background): “For half a century, the virus was described as causing sporadic human infections in Africa and Asia, until 2007 when a Zika fever epidemics took place in Yap Island, Micronesia (Duffy et al. 2009).”
Zika Virus in Gabon (Central Africa) – 2007: A New Threat from Aedes albopictus? (2014, background): “This virus received little attention until its sudden emergence in Yap Island (Micronesia) in 2007, which involved about 5000 persons [15,16], revealing its epidemic capacity.”