Zika Virus Seroprevalence, French Polynesia, 2014–2015

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 669 - 672
• Main Authors: Aubry, Maite, Teissier, Anita, Huart, Michael, Merceron, Sébastien, Vanhomwegen, Jessica, Roche, Claudine, Vial, Anne-Laure, Teururai, Sylvianne, Sicard, Sébastien, Paulous, Sylvie, Desprès, Philippe, Manuguerra, Jean-Claude, Mallet, Henri-Pierre, Musso, Didier, Deparis, Xavier, Cao-Lormeau, Van-Mai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.04.2017; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis; arbovirus; Child; Child, Preschool; Disease Outbreaks; Dispatch; Female; flavivirus; French Polynesia; Human health and pathology; Humans; Infectious diseases; Life Sciences; Male; Middle Aged; Polynesia - epidemiology; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Seroepidemiologic Studies; seroprevalence; Young Adult; Zika; Zika virus; Zika Virus Infection - blood; Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology; Zika Virus Infection - virology; Zika Virus Seroprevalence, French Polynesia, 2014–2015; French Polynesia; immunoglobulin G; viruses; vector-borne infections; IgG; seroprevalence; zoonoses; Zika virus; seropositivity; French Polynesia; Zika; arbovirus; flavivirus
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2304.161549

During 2013-2014, French Polynesia experienced an outbreak of Zika virus infection. Serosurveys conducted at the end of the outbreak and 18 months later showed lower than expected disease prevalence rates (49%) and asymptomatic:symptomatic case ratios (1:1) in the general population but significantly different prevalence rates (66%) and asymptomatic:symptomatic ratios (1:2) in schoolchildren.