Systematic Hospital-Based Travel Screening to Assess Exposure to Zika Virus

We queried hospital patients about international travel in the previous 30 days to assess potential importation of emerging infections. We used 12 months of deidentified data to analyze patient demographics, travel destinations, and diagnoses for exposure to Zika virus. Our approach could be used to...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 315 - 319
Main Authors Iqbal, Aftab, Colgrove, Robert, Iacoviello, Vito, Blair, Barbra M, Chen, Lin H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.02.2020
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Age
Analysis
At risk populations
Communicable diseases
Congenital diseases
Disease
Disease transmission
Diseases
Ebola hemorrhagic fever
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Genetic disorders
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Health aspects
Health screening
Hospital patients
Hospitals
Infection
Infections
Laboratories
Massachusetts
Medical research
Microcephaly
Patients
Population
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
reproductive age
risk population
screening
Travel
travel health
Womens health
Zika
Zika virus
Massachusetts
United States > US
Mexico
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Summary:We queried hospital patients about international travel in the previous 30 days to assess potential importation of emerging infections. We used 12 months of deidentified data to analyze patient demographics, travel destinations, and diagnoses for exposure to Zika virus. Our approach could be used to analyze potential infectious disease exposures.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2602.190292