California Zika Cases Spike To 241

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CDPH Weekly Update on Number of Zika Virus Infections in California September 2, 2016 The following table provides the number of travel-associated infections with Zika virus in California residents in 2015 and 2016. CDPH is following CDC testing guidelines. This table is updated every Friday. As of September 2, 2016, there have been 241 travel-associated Zika virus infections in California.

Please note that, with commercial laboratories now conducting Zika testing in CA, the number of cases reported this week increased substantially. This upward trend is likely to continue.

• Total infections: 241

• New infections reported this week: 52

• Cumulative number of infections due to sexual transmission: 1

• Cumulative number of infections in pregnant women: 32a

o Liveborn infants with birth defects: 2b

o Pregnancy losses with birth defects: 0c Zika virus infections in California, 2015-2016d (as of September 2, 2016) County Travel-associated e Locally acquired f

Alameda (City of Berkeley) 16g (1) 0

Contra Costa 11 0

Fresno 1 0

Kern 2 0

Lake 1 0

Los Angeles (City of Long Beach) 64h (1) 0

Marin 4 0

Merced 3 0

Monterey 2 0

Napa 2 0

Orange 16 0

Riverside 7 0

Sacramento 4 0

San Bernardino 8 0

San Diego 34i 0

San Francisco 20 0

San Joaquin 5 0

San Mateo 5 0

Santa Barbara 2 0

Santa Clara 15 0

Santa Cruz 1 0

Solano 1 0

Sonoma 5 0

Stanislaus 2 0

Tulare 3 0

Ventura 2 0

Yolo 4 0

Yuba 1 0

Total 241 0

a Local Health Departments and CDPH are monitoring all pregnant women and their infants

b Includes microcephaly, calcium deposits in the brain indicating possible brain damage, excess fluid in the brain cavities and surrounding the brain, absent or poorly formed brain structures, abnormal eye development, or other problems resulting from damage to the brain that affects nerves, muscles and bones, such as clubfoot or inflexible joints.

c Includes miscarriage, stillbirths, and terminations with evidence of the birth defects mentioned above

d Total number includes laboratory-confirmed and probable infections as defined by the CSTE Position Statement

e Persons exposed through travel to an affected area or contact with a traveler

f Presumed local mosquito-borne transmission

g Includes one resident of the City of Berkeley

h Includes one resident of the City of Long Beach

I Includes one non-resident

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/HealthInfo/discond/Documents/TravelAssociatedCasesofZikaVirusinCA.pdf

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