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

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2017-08-15

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Rodriguez-Valero, Natalia
Borobia, Alberto M
Lago, Mar
Sánchez-Seco, Maria Paz
de Ory, Fernando
Vázquez, Ana
Pérez-Arellano, Jose Luis
Rodríguez, Cristina Carranza
Martínez, Miguel J
Capón, Alicia

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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.

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Anniversaries and Special Events
Athletes
Brazil
Disease Outbreaks
Global Health
Humans
Risk Assessment
Spain
Sports
Travel
Zika Virus
Zika Virus Infection

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

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