Journal
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Volume 111, Issue 11, Pages 527-529Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/try001
Keywords
Aedes; Africa; Air travel; Angola; Globalization; Mosquito; ZIKV
Funding
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [OPP1106023, OPP1093011, OPP1132415, OPP1159934, OPP1176062]
- Wellcome Trust [209142, 206471/Z/17/Z]
- Fleming Fund
- Branco Weiss Fellowship-Society in Science
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [T32HD040128]
- National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health [R01LM010812, R01LM011965]
- Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowship - Wellcome Trust [206471/Z/17/Z]
- Wellcome Trust [206471/Z/17/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
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Background: Cases of Zika virus were recently detected in Luanda, Angola, a major travel hub in Africa. The risk of Zika virus transmission throughout the continent from Angola is evaluated. Methods: Travel volumes were assessed using monthly passenger-level flight data from Luanda to all locations throughout Africa. Travel data was superimposed onto seasonal environmental suitability maps that predict the potential for subsequent Zika virus transmission. Results and Conclusions: Windhoek, Maputo, Durban and Kinshasa have the greatest potential for Zika virus introduction and transmission during the southern hemisphere summer months, and Nairobi during the northern hemisphere summer months.
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