Zika Virus Health Information Resources

Most of you have heard about the Zika virus by now.  For those who want more information, staff from the Disaster Information Management Research Center (National Library of Medicine) have compiled resources to aid in understanding it.  For more information about DIMRC itself, please visit http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/

Zika Virus Health Information Resources

January 26, 2016

We have all been hearing more about Zika virus disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The National Library of Medicine has gathered together these resources to assist public health departments, health care providers, librarians, and others seeking authoritative information on the virus and disease.

Aedes aegypti

General Information

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

*         Zika Virus - http://www.cdc.gov/zika/index.html

World Health Organization (WHO)

*          Zika virus disease - http://www.who.int/csr/disease/zika/en/

*         Zika Virus Fact sheet - http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/zika/en/

*         Zika virus disease: Questions and answers - http://www.who.int/features/qa/zika/en/

*         Briefing notes on Zika and Microcephaly http://reliefweb.int/report/world/briefing-notes-zika-and-microcephaly

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), World Health Organization

*         Zika Virus Infection - http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_topics&view=article&id=427&Itemid=41484
Also available in Spanish:
http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_topics&view=article&id=427&Itemid=41484&lang=es

National Institutes of Health (NIH), NIH Director's Blog

*         Zika Virus: An Emerging Health Threat - http://directorsblog.nih.gov/2016/01/26/zika-virus-an-emerging-health-threat/

National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

*         Zika Virus in the Americas - Yet Another Arbovirus Threat - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=26761185

*         Notice of NIAID's Interest to Highlight High-Priority Zika virus (ZIKV) Research Areas -   http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AI-16-026.html

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health

*         Zika virus infection - https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/gard/12894/zika-virus-infection/resources/1

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

*         Zika virus infection  - http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/zika_virus_infection/pages/index.aspx

Public Health England

·            *         Zika virus - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/zika-virus

U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) - PubMed Citations

*         Zika - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=zika+AND+English[la]<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=zika+AND+English%5Bla%5D>

*         Zika and Brazil - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=zika+and+brazil

GenBank, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)

*         Zika - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=Zika

Mother and child

Pregnant Women and Zika Virus

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

*         For Pregnant Women - http://www.cdc.gov/zika/pregnancy/index.html

*         Interim Guidelines for Pregnant Women During a Zika Virus Outbreak - United States, 2016  (January 22nd, 2016) - http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6502e1.htm

Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization

*         Questions and Answers: Zika and pregnancy -http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11552&Itemid=41672&lang=en

National Library of Medicine - PubMed Citations

*         Zika and Microcephaly - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=zika+AND+microcephaly

*         Zika and Pregnancy - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=%28Pregnancy[Mesh]+OR+pregnant[tiab]+OR+pregnant+woman[mh]+OR+pregnancy[tiab]+OR+pregnant+women[mh]%29+AND+zika+AND+English[la]<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=%28Pregnancy%5BMesh%5D+OR+pregnant%5Btiab%5D+OR+pregnant+woman%5Bmh%5D+OR+pregnancy%5Btiab%5D+OR+pregnant+women%5Bmh%5D%29+AND+zika+AND+English%5Bla%5D>

Information on Zika for Health Care Providers

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

*         For Health Care Providers - http://www.cdc.gov/zika/hc-providers/index.html

*         Interim Guidelines for the Evaluation and Testing of Infants with Possible Congenital Zika Virus Infection - United States, 2016 (January 26th, 2016) - http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6503e3er.htm

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health

*         Zika virus infection - Treatment - https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/gard/12894/zika-virus-infection/resources/8

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

*         Zika virus infection: Factsheet for health professionals - http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/zika_virus_infection/factsheet-health-professionals/Pages/factsheet_health_professionals.aspx

*         Rapid Risk Assessment: Microcephaly in Brazil potentially linked to the Zika virus epidemic [November 24th, 2015] - http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/zika-microcephaly-Brazil-rapid-risk-assessment-Nov-2015.pdf

*         Rapid Risk Assessment: Zika virus disease epidemic: potential association with microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (first update) [January 22nd, 2016] - http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/_layouts/forms/Publication_DispForm.aspx?List=4f55ad51-4aed-4d32-b960-af70113dbb90&ID=1427

Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization

*         As the Zika virus spreads, PAHO advises countries to monitor and report birth anomalies and other suspected complications of the virus - http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11574%3A2016-as-the-zika-virus-spreads-paho-advises-countries-to-monitor-and-report-birth-anomalies-suspected-complications-of-virus&catid=740%3Anews-press-releases&Itemid=1926&lang=en

*         Also available in Spanish: http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11574%3A2016-as-the-zika-virus-spreads-paho-advises-countries-to-monitor-and-report-birth-anomalies-suspected-complications-of-virus&catid=740%3Anews-press-releases&Itemid=1926&lang=es

National Library of Medicine - PubMed Citations

*         Zika and Encephalitis - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=zika+virus+AND+encephalitis

*         Zika and Guillain-Barré Syndrome - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=zika+AND+guillain-barre<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=zika+AND+guillain-barre%20>

Epidemiology

World Health Organization and Pan American Health Organization

*         Disease Outbreak News: Zika virus infection - http://www.who.int/csr/don/archive/disease/zika-virus-infection/en/

*         Epidemiological Update: Neurological syndrome, congenital anomalies, and Zika virus infection, 17 January 2016 - http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&Itemid=270&gid=32879&lang=en

Laboratory Detection and Diagnosis of Zika Virus

Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization

*         Zika Virus (ZIKV) Surveillance in the Americas: Interim guidance for laboratory detection and diagnosis -http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&Itemid=&gid=30176&lang=en

Map of  active virus transmission areas

Travel

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

*         Zika Travel Health Notices - http://www.cdc.gov/zika/pregnancy/travel-health-notices.html

*         CDC adds countries to interim travel guidance related to Zika Virus - http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/s0122-zika-travel-guidance.html
*     CDC adds 2 destinations to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/s0126-zika-travel-guidance.html

*         Recognizing, Managing, and Reporting Zika Virus Infections in Travelers Returning from Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and Mexico - http://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00385.asp

*         Zika Virus Spreads to New Areas - Region of the Americas, May 2015-January 2016 (January 22nd, 2016) - http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6503e1er.htm

*         Possible Association Between Zika Virus Infection and Microcephaly - Brazil, 2015 (January 22nd, 2016) - http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6503e2er.htm

World Health Organization

*         Information for travelers (Zika virus) - http://www.who.int/csr/disease/zika/information-for-travelers/en/

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

*         Countries with local Zika transmission - http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/zika_virus_infection/zika-outbreak/Pages/Zika-information-travellers.aspx

Surveillance and Control of Mosquito Vectors

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

*         Surveillance and Control of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in the United States - http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/resources/vector-control.html

Resources on Zika virus infection in Portuguese

Portal da Saúde

*        Perguntas e respostas - Microcefalia -
http://portalsaude.saude.gov.br/index.php/o-ministerio/principal/leia-mais-o-ministerio/197-secretaria-svs/20799-microcefalia

World Health Organization/Organização Mundial da Saúde

*         Doença do vírus Zika - http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/zika/pt/

Resources on Zika virus infection in Spanish

Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization

*         Mientras el zika continúa propagándose, OPS recomienda a los países monitorear síndromes neurológicos y anomalías congénitas - http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11574%3A2016-as-the-zika-virus-spreads-paho-advises-countries-to-monitor-and-report-birth-anomalies-suspected-complications-of-virus&catid=740%3Anews-press-releases&Itemid=1926&lang=es

*         Zika, Infección por Virus - http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_topics&view=article&id=427&Itemid=41484&lang=es



--Susan Hoppe, Adult & Reference Services Librarian

Hot Reads for Cold Nights!

When the weather is cold, it’s time to find a hot read and join Virginia Public Library’s annual “Hot Reads for Cold Nights” reading program.  This is the 18th year that "Hot Reads for Cold Nights" is being sponsored by the Friends of Virginia Public Library.  Area residents over 18 are invited to register in the library or online to participate.  To register online, click on this link and select the Hot Reads program.

This program is designed to promote reading for adults since reading is equally important for all ages. Each book read during the program will earn one entry in a big giveaway on February 29^th. Participants must visit the library to check out library books and submit their entries.

Hot Reads Tuesdays will continue on Tuesday mornings from 10:00-12:00. Each week, members of the Friends of the Library will provide coffee and bakery to area readers.  This is a great time to find out about new books and visit with your neighbors.

The Hot Reads celebration continues with the launch of the 2015 Winter Brown Bag Lunch Series beginning on January 14^th at noon with our first Adult Coloring Program. Adult coloring books have become very popular and libraries across the country are bringing this stress-relieving activity to their users.  Bring your own coloring pages and pencils, or use pages and pencils provided by the library.  

Our first Cook the Book program was so successful in December that we will be doing it again at noon on January 28^th!  Registration is open until Tuesday, January 26^th, for Cook the Book:  Soups & Breads.  How does it work?  Come to the Reference desk to sign up and to choose your recipe from the book we have chosen to use.  Whip up your creation at home and bring it to the library to share with other participants.  The library will provide participants with copies of the selected recipes.  Please note:  Registration for this program is required.

What would February be with out the annual Book Lover's Tea?  This year’s Tea, on February 11^th, will feature author Ava Finch--nom de plume of Sarah Stonich.   'They' will talk about the writing life, adopting a pen name, and how their Minnesota roots inspire them. Both are hoping there will be potica at the tea.  Please note:  Advanced registration for the tea is essential!  Reservations must be made by February 5^th. 

Many of you know Mark Munger, District Court Judge.  Thursday, February 25^th, at noon is your opportunity to meet with Mark Munger, Minnesota author!  Mark is the feature speaker for our final event for this Hot Reads season.  Using examples from his own work, he will talk about The Other:  Exploring Issues of Ethnicity, Religion, and Gender in Fiction.