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. 2016 Mar 9;5(3):e21. doi: 10.1038/emi.2016.42

Table 1. Past Zika virus outbreaks.

Country Year Population Reported Zika virus disease Estimated total cases of Zika virus disease Estimated infection rate Reported complications
Yap, Micronesia5 2007 7391 Confirmed: 49 Probable: 59 Suspected: 72 900 75% ___
French Polynesia3, 6 2013 268 000 Confirmed: 396 Suspected: 8723 30 000 ___ 42 patients diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome 32 patients had other neurological or autoimmune syndromes Unusual increase of 17 cases of central nervous system malformations in fetus and infants
Cook Islands13 2014 14 974 Confirmed: 50 Suspected: 932 ___ ___ ___
New Caledonia14 2014 254 000 Confirmed: 1400 ___ ___ ___
Brazil3, 9, 15 2015 205 338 000 ___ 444000–1300000 ___ Around 4000 cases of microcephaly in fetus and infants (up to December 2015) 121 neurological manifestations and Guillain–Barré syndrome (up to December 2015)