Zika Cases In Alabama Increase To Five

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Alabama Residents Tested for Zika Virus as of May 27, 2016

http://www.adph.org/mosquito/index.asp?id=7427

 

Number Tested Positive	Number of Submissions	Number with Results Pending
5	76	6

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Houston County Resident Confirmed Recent Zika Case

By Press Release: AL Dept. of Public Health | 

Posted: Fri 6:22 PM, May 27, 2016  | 

Updated: Fri 9:34 PM, May 27, 2016

     

ALABAMA (WTVY) The Alabama Department of Public Health reports the fourth and fifth travel-related cases of the Zika virus in Alabama residents. The positive specimens were from residents of Houston and Jefferson counties. In February and March, Zika cases were reported in residents of Morgan, Jefferson and Shelby counties.

State Health Officer Dr. Tom Miller said, "We will implement enhanced surveillance with these two cases. The Department's Bureau of Clinical Laboratories in Montgomery can now perform Zika testing, so we have a greater opportunity to prevent transmission of the disease because test results are received much faster. We continue to work with the medical community to identify high-risk individuals."

Enhanced surveillance means that the individuals with Zika will be asked to provide the names of their household and sexual contacts. In turn, these contacts will be asked if they have Zika symptoms. These persons will be asked to use insect repellents to prevent mosquito bites that could lead to possible disease transmission.

Zika virus is transmitted primarily through the bites of Aedes species mosquitoes. These mosquito species are the same ones that transmit dengue and chikungunya viruses which have also been associated with travel-related illness over the past few years. Zika virus is also spread through blood transfusion and sexual contact.

Infection with the Zika virus causes only mild symptoms in the majority of the cases, but it is now known to cause birth defects and other poor pregnancy-related outcomes if infection occurs during pregnancy.

All pregnant women with a history of travel to an area with Zika virus transmission should be evaluated. Pregnant women reporting clinical illness consistent with Zika virus disease during or within 2 weeks of travel should be tested for Zika virus infection. In addition, pregnant women without any symptoms who have traveled to Zika-affected areas should be tested for the Zika-virus between 2-12 weeks post travel.

http://www.wtvy.com/content/news/Hosuton-County-Resident-Confirmed-Recent-Zika-Case-381169971.html

 

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