Preventive measures against Zika airborne infection

Abstract

Introduction: the Zika virus disease is a current public health problem; this virus is present in 21 of 55 countries in the Americas (Brazil has 1.5 million people affected). Zika finally cross borders and cases were reported in European countries, in Tunisia lets say that we are still not immunized against the disease: firstly; because our country has a large expatriate community in Europe and is connected on a daily base by flights with most European cities, On the other hand; in our army, there is a real problem since many of our military personnel have regularly missions in contaminated countries, as there are direct flights (C130) to countries in the Americas. The value of our work is to insist on preventive measures to be taken in aeronautics in order to limit the risk of contamination and especially spread of virus from one country to another.