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Review
. 2019 Sep 5;4(5):e001383.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001383. eCollection 2019.

Cluster containment strategy: addressing Zika virus outbreak in Rajasthan, India

Ruchi Singh  1 , Veenu Gupta  2 , Bharti Malhotra  3 , Sujeet Singh  4 , P Ravindran  5 , Deepa Meena  6 , Jyoti Gupta  6 , V K Mathur  6 , Ravi Prakash Mathur  6 , Sunil Singh  6 , Pratibha Sharma  3 , Himanshu Sharma  3 , Sudhir Bhandari  7 , Nivedita Gupta  8 , Gajanan Sapkal  9 , Devendera T Mourya  9 , Maclane Davis Speer  6   10
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Review

Cluster containment strategy: addressing Zika virus outbreak in Rajasthan, India

Ruchi Singh et al. BMJ Glob Health. .

Abstract

India is at risk of Zika virus transmission due to high prevalence of its vector Aedes aegypti. Rajasthan, a state in the north-west region of India, has also high prevalence of Aedes mosquito. First laboratory confirmed case of Zika virus disease in Rajasthan was reported on 21 September 2018 in Jaipur. The Government of Rajasthan quickly implemented a containment strategy to contain the outbreak and prevent further spread of this disease. Strategy included active human and mosquito surveillance, laboratory testing and sequencing of the virus, integrated vector control measures, intersectoral coordination, risk communication and social mobilisation, all in a predefined geographic area around the epicentre. Timely action with appropriate coordination at all levels with multiple stakeholders contained the outbreak successfully. In all, 159 confirmed cases were reported from in and around the 3 km containment zone in Shastri Nagar area of Jaipur City and routine surveillance. Following this, a specially developed laboratory-based surveillance strategy was put in place to ensure that the disease does not spread beyond the containment zone. No fresh case was reported subsequently within or beyond the containment zone.

Keywords: India; Rajasthan; VRDL; ZIKV; real-time PCR.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Map of 3km radius area at Shastri Nagar with respect to index case.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Municipal Ward wise progression of Container Index (CI), Household Index (HI) and Breteau Index (BI) in Surveillance Zone.
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