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Since 2015, Zika virus (ZIKV) has spread throughout Latin and Central America. This emerging infectious disease has been causing considerable public health concern because of severe neurological complications, especially in newborns after congenital infections. In July 2016, the first outbreak in the continental United States was identified in the Wynwood neighbourhood of Miami-Dade County, Florida. In this work, we investigated transmission dynamics using a mathematical model calibrated to observed data on mosquito abundance and symptomatic human infections. We found that, although ZIKV transmission was detected in July 2016, the first importation may have occurred between March and mid-April. The estimated highest value for R was 2.73 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.65–4.17); the attack rate was 14% (95% CI: 5.6–27.4%), with 15 (95% CI: 6–29) pregnant women involved and a 12% probability of infected blood donations. Vector control avoided 60% of potential infections. According to our results, it is likely that further ZIKV outbreaks identified in other areas of Miami-Dade County were seeded by commuters to Wynwood rather than by additional importation from international travellers. Our study can help prepare future outbreak-related interventions in European areas where competent mosquitoes for ZIKV transmission are already established.

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First outbreak of Zika virus in the continental United States: a modelling analysis
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Giovanni+Marini&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Marini Giovanni</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Giorgio+Guzzetta&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Guzzetta Giorgio</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Roberto+Ros%C3%A0&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rosà Roberto</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Stefano+Merler&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Merler Stefano</a></span>. First outbreak of Zika virus in the continental United States: a modelling analysis. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2017;22(37):pii=30612. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.37.30612" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.37.30612</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 09 Jan 2017;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 11 Apr 2017 </span> </p>
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