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Zika virus disease

How is Zika transmitted?

Zika virus is transmitted to people through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. But there are other, although rare, modes of transmission.

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Latest outputs

Publication

Zika virus disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2019

Surveillance report -

Publication

Zika virus disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018

Surveillance report -

News

Epidemiological update: third case of locally acquired Zika virus disease in Hyères, France

Epidemiological update -

Publication

Communicable disease threats report, 27 October-2 November 2019, week 44

Publication -

Data

Zika transmission in the Caribbean

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Data

Zika transmission in South East Asia

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Data

Zika transmission in past nine months

Map, Data set -

Data

How is Zika virus transmitted?

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Data

Mosquito-borne diseases: An emerging threat

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Data

Poster with information for travellers

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus

May 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Reviewing estimates of the basic reproduction number for dengue, Zika and chikungunya across global climate zones

Mar 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Increased risk for autochthonous vector-borne infections transmitted by aedes albopictus in continental europe

Jun 2018

Facts

Threats and outbreaks

Prevention and control

Surveillance and disease data

Microbiology

How to conduct conduct Zika virus diagnostic? ECDC algorithm for Zika virus laboratory diagnosis and an outline of the strategy for the laboratories performing Zika virus infection diagnostic tests

Preparedness

ECDC documents on Zika preparedness in EU: Preparedness guide for diseases transmitted by Aedes; Zika virus and safety of substances of human origin, and policy briefing.

Related diseases

Disease / public health area

Chikungunya virus disease

Disease / public health area

Dengue

Disease / public health area

Japanese encephalitis

Disease networks

Emerging Viral Diseases-Expert Laboratory Network (EVD-LabNet)

European network for sharing data on the geographic distribution of arthropod vectors, transmitting human and animal disease agents (VectorNet)

Mosquito maps

Mosquito maps

Maps of surveillance activities and current known distributions of mosquito species in Europe and neighbouring regions.