Zika Virus Disease (ZVD) and the Rio Olympics: Is it safe for athletes to go?
Abstract
In August 2016, the Rio Olympic Games start and there are global concerns on the risk of athletes and visitors contracting the Zika Virus Disease (ZVD) during the games and spreading it to the rest of the globe. From various sources, there are calls for the 2016 Olympics to be postponed, moved from Brazil, which is at the epicentre of the current ZVD epidemic, or both. What is known is that Brazil is one of sixty countries and territories which to date report “continuing” transmission of the Zika virus by the Aedes mosquitoes.1 An estimated 440 000 to 1.3 million Zika virus infections have occurred in Brazil, and the virus has spread to several neighbouring countries.2
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