Zika is not a reason for missing the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro: response to the open letter of Dr Attaran and colleagues to Dr Margaret Chan, Director - General, WHO, on the Zika threat to the Olympic and Paralympic Games

dc.creatorCodeço, Claudia
dc.creatorVillela, Daniel
dc.creatorGomes, Marcelo F.
dc.creatorBastos, Leonardo
dc.creatorCruz, Oswaldo Gonçalves
dc.creatorStruchiner, Claudio
dc.creatorCarvalho, Luis Max
dc.creatorCoelho, Flavio
dc.date2016-06-17T14:36:19Z
dc.date2016-07-08T02:05:35Z
dc.date2016-07-08T02:05:35Z
dc.date2016-06-17T14:36:19Z
dc.date2016
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T20:34:33Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T20:34:33Z
dc.identifierCODEÇO, Claudia; VILLELA, Daniel Villela; GOMES, Marcelo F.; BASTOS, Leonardo; CRUZ, Oswaldo; STRUCHINER, Claudio; CARVALHO, Luis Max; COELHO, Flavio. Zika is not a reason for missing the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro: response to the open letter of Dr Attaran and colleagues to Dr Margaret Chan, Director - General, WHO, on the Zika threat to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 111, n. 6, p. 414-415, June 2016.
dc.identifier1678-8060
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/14504
dc.identifier10.1590/0074-02760160003
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8859853
dc.descriptionAttaran and colleagues in an open letter to WHO expressed their concern about the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the threat posed by the Zika epidemic (Attaran 2016). We agree that Zika virus is of great public health concern and much remains to be known about this disease. Care should be taken to reduce the risk of infection, especially to pregnant women. However, we argue that this is not sufficient reason for changing the original plans for the Games, in particular because of the time of the year when they will take place. The present article outlines several scientific results related to Zika and mosquito-borne infectious diseases dynamics that we believe ratify the current position of WHO in not endorsing the postponing or relocation of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (WHO 2016).
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFundação Oswaldo Cruz
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectVírus Zika
dc.subjectEpidemia
dc.subjectJogos Olímpicos
dc.subjectBrasil
dc.subjectZika Virus
dc.subjectEpidemic
dc.subjectOlympic Games
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectZika virus
dc.subjectEpidemia
dc.titleZika is not a reason for missing the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro: response to the open letter of Dr Attaran and colleagues to Dr Margaret Chan, Director - General, WHO, on the Zika threat to the Olympic and Paralympic Games
dc.typeArticle


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