Arizona Zika Cases Increase To Three

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• Travel-associated Zika cases confirmed in Arizona: 3

http://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/mosquito-borne/index.php

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AZ reports 2 new travel-related Zika cases

An Aedes aegypti mosquito is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

 

The number of travel-related Zika cases in Arizona rose to three after two new cases were reported, the Arizona Department of Health Service said in a tweet.

No other details about the new cases were released.

The first case of Zika in Arizona was announced on March 28.

[RELATED: First case of Zika virus in Arizona confirmed]

The virus is spread mainly through the bite of a tropical mosquito called Aedes aegypti. It can be found in the southern United States, but there's no evidence that they've been spreading the virus in the U.S. yet. All the 544 total cases in the 50 states so far have been people who had traveled to outbreak areas, or who had sex with someone who did.

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Experts think mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland will probably start spreading the virus in the months ahead, when hot weather hits and mosquito populations boom.

The Zika virus causes only a mild and brief illness, at worst, in most people. But in the last year, infections in pregnant women have been strongly linked to fetal deaths and to potentially devastating birth defects, mostly in Brazil.

There are now 157 pregnant women infected with Zika in the 50 states, up from the 48 reported last week under the old definition.

President Barack Obama was briefed Friday by top federal health officials about Zika. Administration officials have asked Congress for about $1.9 billion in emergency funding for vaccine development and other Zika work.

[CDC report: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr]

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Agency: Arizona has 2 more Zika cases, both involving travel

By The Associated Press   |  Posted May 20th, 2016 @ 11:30am

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PHOENIX (AP) — Health officials say Arizona has two more confirmed cases of Zika virus, both involving people who visited areas where the virus is circulating.

The state Department of Health Services says the two additional cases confirmed by the DHS lab bring the Arizona total to three.

The Zika virus causes at worst only a mild and brief illness in most people.

However, infections in pregnant women in the last year have been strongly linked to fetal deaths and to potentially devastating birth defects, mostly in Brazil.

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Health officials: 2 Maricopa County residents test positive for Zika virus

 

 Ken Alltucker, The Republic | azcentral.com8:50 p.m. MST May 20, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A woman from Maricopa County was confirmed to have contracted the Zika virus, the Arizona Department of Health Services announced Monday.The woman had traveled outside of the United States to an area affected with Zika and later developed symptoms o Wochit

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The man and woman, both young adults, are the second and third confirmed Zika infections among Arizona residents who traveled to nations where the Zika virus is circulating.

(Photo: LUIS ROBAYO/AFP-Getty Images)

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• A man and woman from Maricopa County who traveled to Latin America now test positive for Zika virus
• Healthy adults may not know they have the virus, which is transmitted by mosquito bites or sexual contact
• Symptoms can include fever, rash, joint pain or conjunctivitis

Two Maricopa County residents who recently traveled to Latin America have tested positive for the Zika virus, Arizona health officials said Friday.

The man and woman are the second and third confirmed Zika infections among Arizona residents who traveled to nations where the virus is circulating. The latest people infected are both young adults, said Dr. Cara Christ, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services.

Healthy adults may not even know they are infected with the virus, which is mostly transmitted by mosquito bites but also has been spread through sexual contact. Symptoms include fever, rash, joint pain or conjunctivitis.

Pregnant women can pass the virus to a baby during pregnancy or birth. The virus can cause abnormally small brains in babies, a condition called microcephaly, or other brain defects.

State health officials would not say whether the Maricopa County woman is pregnant, citing patient confidentiality.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is monitoring 157 women with confirmed or suspected Zika virus infections in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Another 122 pregnant women with confirmed or suspected infections are being monitored in U.S. territories.

Christ said state and county health and environmental officials will work to identify any mosquito breeding sites at or near the homes of the two Maricopa County residents. No case has been transmitted by mosquito bite in the U.S., but Arizona and other regions have the type of mosquito that can carry the virus.

"We don't have Zika in our mosquito population," Christ said. "The goal is to keep it out of our mosquito population."

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2016/05/20/maricopa-county-residents-test-positive-zika-virus/84671906/