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Dr Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau
Zika in French Polynesia: "We went from surprises to surprises "
by Anne-Laure Lebrun
Published on 02/27/2016 at 07:00
Between 2013 and 2014, the French Polynesia is struck by the first outbreak of scale of Zika. On this archipelago of only 270,000 inhabitants, about 32 000 people have been infected with the virus. The authorities now estimate that over 60% of the population have been immunized.
Initially, authorities and health professionals thought that the epidemic would be mild. But soon, Dr. Van Mai Cao Lormeau, a virologist at the center of research and watch on Emerging Infectious Diseases Institute Malard? (Papeete, Tahiti) and colleagues describe how dangerous this virus is.
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Dr. Van-Mai Cao Lormeau: We all had in mind that the epidemic would be mild. But we went one surprise after another. A few weeks after the beginning of the outbreak of Zika, we observed the occurrence of Guillain-Barr? (a neurological complication causing progressive paralysis, ed.) In total, 42 people were infected. It was a new phenomenon which we did not expect. We put some time to document these cases as when they arrived at the hospital, they had no virus in the blood. In fact, we know today that the Guillain-Barr? syndrome can start 8 weeks after the infection. We therefore had to prove that these people had been infected with Zika.
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http://www.pourquoidocteur.fr/Artic...e-Nous-sommes-alles-de-surprises-en-surprises
Dr Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau
Zika in French Polynesia: "We went from surprises to surprises "
by Anne-Laure Lebrun
Published on 02/27/2016 at 07:00
Between 2013 and 2014, the French Polynesia is struck by the first outbreak of scale of Zika. On this archipelago of only 270,000 inhabitants, about 32 000 people have been infected with the virus. The authorities now estimate that over 60% of the population have been immunized.
Initially, authorities and health professionals thought that the epidemic would be mild. But soon, Dr. Van Mai Cao Lormeau, a virologist at the center of research and watch on Emerging Infectious Diseases Institute Malard? (Papeete, Tahiti) and colleagues describe how dangerous this virus is.
...
Dr. Van-Mai Cao Lormeau: We all had in mind that the epidemic would be mild. But we went one surprise after another. A few weeks after the beginning of the outbreak of Zika, we observed the occurrence of Guillain-Barr? (a neurological complication causing progressive paralysis, ed.) In total, 42 people were infected. It was a new phenomenon which we did not expect. We put some time to document these cases as when they arrived at the hospital, they had no virus in the blood. In fact, we know today that the Guillain-Barr? syndrome can start 8 weeks after the infection. We therefore had to prove that these people had been infected with Zika.
...
http://www.pourquoidocteur.fr/Artic...e-Nous-sommes-alles-de-surprises-en-surprises