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MEDICC Review 2016; 18 (1-2)

Cuba confronts Zika: all hands on deck

Gorry C

Language: English
References: 21
Page: 6-10
PDF size: 289.55 Kb.


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The world sat rapt as President Barack Obama touched down in Havana in March 2016, the fi rst US President to visit Cuba in 88 years. Across the island, Cubans anticipated Obama’s arrival with hope-tinged disbelief; it was hard to fathom that rapprochement had come this far after decades of estrangement and hostility. The capital’s streets were abuzz, with Cubans throwing themselves into urban beautifi cation efforts to receive the US First Family in style. Yet, Havana also buzzed with something else, a threat that transcends politics, national borders and differences of opinion: the mosquitoes that transmit Zika, dengue and chikungunya. These arboviral infections are spread by two Aedes mosquitoes (aegpyti and albopictus)—highly adaptable creatures that bite during the day and thrive in hot urban climates.


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