Zika Virus Screening among Spanish Team Members After 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Olympic Games

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Aug;23(8):1426-1428. doi: 10.3201/eid2308.170415. Epub 2017 Aug 15.

Abstract

We evaluated the risk for the Spanish Olympic Team acquiring Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during 2016. We recruited 117 team members, and all tested negative for Zika virus. Lack of cases in this cohort supports the minimum risk estimates made before the Games.

Keywords: Brazil; Olympic Games; Olympic team; Rio de Janeiro; Spain; Zika virus; arboviruses; mass gathering event; screening; vector-borne infections; viruses.

MeSH terms

  • Anniversaries and Special Events
  • Athletes
  • Brazil
  • Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control
  • Global Health
  • Humans
  • Risk Assessment
  • Spain
  • Sports*
  • Travel*
  • Zika Virus Infection / epidemiology*
  • Zika Virus Infection / virology*
  • Zika Virus*