Zika virus infection - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2016

Surveillance report

12 Oct 2018

Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report

Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2016 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 4 April 2018.

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The outbreak of Zika virus infection in South and Central America that started in 2015 led to a large number of travel-associated infections in EU/EEA countries. A total of 2 119 cases were reported in 2016, with an overall notification rate of 0.6 cases per 100 000 persons in 2016.