Table 1. General characteristics of 233 included primary research publications.
| Category | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| Type of citation | ||
| Primary peer-reviewed | 149 | |
| Grey literature with primary data | 72 | |
| Conference proceeding | 11 | |
| Thesis | 1 | |
| Language | ||
| English | 212 | |
| French | 21 | |
| Continent | ||
| Central America/South America/Caribbean | 64 | |
| Australasia | 58 | |
| Africa | 56 | |
| Europe | 25 | |
| Asia | 20 | |
| North America | 17 | |
| Date of publication | ||
| Pre 1960 | 11 | |
| 1960–1970 | 8 | |
| 1971–1980 | 18 | |
| 1981–1990 | 10 | |
| 1991–2000 | 7 | |
| 2001–2010 | 9 | |
| 2011-Present | 170 | |
| ZIKV topic category | ||
| Epidemiology | 132 | |
| Pathogenesis | 89 | |
| Virus study | 43 | |
| Surveillance | 13 | |
| Diagnostic tests | 12 | |
| Vector study | 12 | |
| Transmission | 10 | |
| Mitigation | 3 | |
| Qualitative | 1 | |
| Other model | 1 | |
| Study design | ||
| Observational study | 209 | |
| Outbreak investigation | 67 | |
| Case study or case-series | 62 | |
| Prevalence survey | 48 | |
| Surveillance or monitoring program | 14 | |
| Cross-sectional | 7 | |
| diagnostic test evaluation | 7 | |
| Molecular epidemiology | 6 | |
| Longitudinal study | 1 | |
| Case control | 1 | |
| Experimental study | 24 | |
| Challenge trial | 22 | |
| Controlled trial | 2 | |
| Vector mapping model | 2 | |