ArticleAmerican journal of public health2017
Impact of the 2016 Ecuador Earthquake on Zika Virus Cases.
Article in American journal of public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Beyond the rubble: Dengue, Chikungunya, and Vector-Borne Disease risks after 2026 Venezuela's earthquake doublet.Le infezioni in medicina · 2026Article
- Autoimmune Diseases Following Environmental Disasters: A Narrative Review of the Literature.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- The Impact of Earthquakes on Public Health: A Narrative Review of Infectious Diseases in the Post-Disaster Period Aiming to Disaster Risk Reduction.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Impact of wars and natural disasters on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- Parental hormones are associated with crop loss and family sickness following catastrophic flooding in lowland Bolivia.Physiology & behavior · 2018Observational
- Epidemiological characteristics of a Zika outbreak in Portoviejo, Ecuador, 2016.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2018Article
- Psychological Distress and Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya Symptoms Following the 2016 Earthquake in Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Post-earthquake Zika virus surge: Disaster and public health threat amid climatic conduciveness.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the impact of the April 2016 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Ecuador on the incidence of Zika virus (ZIKV) cases.
methodsWe used the national public health surveillance system for reportable transmissible conditions and included suspected and laboratory-confirmed ZIKV cases. We compared the number of cases before and after the earthquake in areas closer to and farther from the epicenter.
resultsFrom January to July 2016, 2234 patients suspected of having ZIKV infection were reported in both affected and control areas. A total of 1110 patients had a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay, and 159 were positive for ZIKV. The cumulative incidence of ZIKV in the affected area was 11.1 per 100 000 after the earthquake. The odds ratio of having ZIKV infection in those living in the affected area was 8.0 (95% CI = 4.4, 14.6; P < .01) compared with the control area and adjusted for age, gender, province population, and number of government health care facilities.
conclusionsA spike in ZIKV cases occurred after the earthquake. Patients in the area closest to the epicenter had a delay in seeking care.
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