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Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) has identified a sixth imported case of Zika virus in the county. Local transmission has not been detected and surveillance continues.TCPH’s North Texas Regional Laboratory received the sample on Monday and performed the test.This is the first imported case with a travel history to the Dominican Republic. The previous cases traveled to El Salvador, Puerto Rico (2), St. Lucia and St. Martin. http://access.tarrantcounty.com/en/public-health/news/2016/sixth-imported-zika-case-confirmed-in-tarrant-county.html

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Zika Virus – June 16, 2016. Texas has had 44 reported cases of Zika virus disease. Of those, 43 were in travelers who were infected abroad and diagnosed after they returned home; one of those travelers was a pregnant woman. One case involved a Dallas County resident who had sexual contact with someone who acquired the Zika infection while traveling abroad. http://www.texaszika.org/ Texas Zika Cases by County: CountyCasesBexar6Collin2Dallas7Denton2Ellis1Fort Bend2Grayson1Harris13Lubbock1Tarrant4Travis2Val Verde1Williamson1Wise1Total44

The eighth case is a 15-year-old resident of Dallas who was infected with the virus during recent travel to Honduras and El Salvador. The ninth case is a 61-year-old resident of Garland who was infected during travel to Guatemala.

Zika Virus – June 13, 2016. Texas has had 42 reported cases of Zika virus disease. Of those, 41 were in travelers who were infected abroad and diagnosed after they returned home; one of those travelers was a pregnant woman. One case involved a Dallas County resident who had sexual contact with someone who acquired the Zika infection while traveling abroad. Texas Zika Cases by County: CountyCasesBexar6Collin2Dallas6Denton2Ellis1Fort Bend2Grayson1Harris13Tarrant4Travis2Val Verde1Williamson1Wise1Total42 http://www.texaszika.org/

The 60-year-old patient is a resident of Dallas who was infected with the virus during recent travel to Honduras.

This is the first imported case with a travel history to St. Lucia. The previous cases traveled to El Salvador, Puerto Rico (2) and St. Martin. All areas have known local transmission of the disease. No other health information will be released at this time to protect the identity of the patients. http://access.tarrantcounty.com/content/main/en/public-health/news/2016/fifth-imported-zika-case-confirmed-in-tarrant-county.html?linklocation=latest-news&linkname=Fifth Imported Zika Case Confirmed in Tarrant County

Texas has had 41 reported cases of Zika virus disease. Of those, 40 were in travelers who were infected abroad and diagnosed after they returned home; one of those travelers was a pregnant woman. One case involved a Dallas County resident who had sexual contact with someone who acquired the Zika infection while traveling abroad. Texas Zika Cases by County: http://www.texaszika.org/ CountyCasesBexar6Collin1Dallas6Denton2Ellis1Fort Bend2Grayson1Harris13Tarrant4Travis2Val Verde1Williamson1Wise1Total41

To date, 6 confirmed cases of travel-associated Zika infection have been reported in Dallas County.  An additional 6 pregnant women have been identified with laboratory evidence of possible Zika infection. http://www.dallascounty.org/department/hhs/documents/DCHHSEpiWNVWeeklyReport_5_21_2016.pdf

The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District has reported there are now seven confirmed Zika cases in the Alamo City. The most recent infection was contracted while the individual was traveling abroad. http://www.ksat.com/health/seven-confirmed-zika-cases-in-san-antonio-reported

Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) has identified a fourth imported case of Zika virus in the county. Local transmission has not been reported and surveillance continues.TCPH’s North Texas Regional Laboratory received the sample on Thursday and performed the test.This is the second imported case with travel history to Puerto Rico. The previous cases traveled to El Salvador and St. Martin. http://access.tarrantcounty.com/en/public-health/news/2016/fourth-imported-zika-case-confirmed-in-tarrant-county.html

Two new cases of the Zika virus have been confirmed in San Antonio residents, the Metropolitan Health District reported Friday. "What we, as a health department, are doing is surveillance and making sure the virus now present in the mosquito. It is not thus far," Dr. Anil Mangla, assistant director of Metro Health said. Metro Health said the residents contracted the virus while traveling abroad, not in Texas. http://www.ksat.com/health/metro-health-confirms-2-new-cases-of-zika-virus-in-san-antonio-residents

The other pregnant woman, who is not related to the first patient, also traveled to Central America. When she returned to Garland, she was tested for the Zika virus which resulted positive. However, the CDC has not confirmed that second test result. http://www.fox4news.com/news/143476049-story

On May 20, 2016, the Garland Health Department (GHD) received confirmation of the first case of Zika virus in Garland. Based on CDC guidance, the infected individual was tested for the Zika virus because she is pregnant and has recently traveled to a country with local transmission of Zika. There is no local threat of transmission in our area because the infected individual did not return to Garland during the disease phase when she was capable of transmitting Zika via mosquitoes. http://www.garlandtx.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=26480

May 20, 2016 - Texas Reports Data to CDC’s National Zika Pregnancy Registry The CDC began publicly reporting the number of pregnant women who may be affected by Zika virus in the United States. The newly released numbers are based on a broader definition from the CDC and its effort to more fully communicate the potential impact on pregnant women nationally. The Zika situation in Texas has not changed, though Texas is now providing Zika pregnancy data in a new way. Texas has reported to the CDC one confirmed case of Zika in a pregnant woman who traveled abroad to an area with Zika transmission. There have been 12 additional pregnancies in Texas with laboratory evidence of …

As of today, there is one confirmed travel-related case of Zika virus in Williamson County. http://www.wcchd.org/news/press_releases/docs/Williamson County and Cities Health District Urges Precaution Against Mosquito Bites.pdf

Zika Virus – May 9, 2016. Texas has had 33 confirmed cases of Zika virus disease. Of those, 32 were in travelers who were infected abroad and diagnosed after they returned home; one of those travelers was a pregnant woman. One case involved a Dallas County resident who had sexual contact with someone who acquired the Zika infection while traveling abroad. Case counts by county: Bexar – 3Collin – 1Dallas – 6Denton – 1Fort Bend – 2Grayson – 1Harris – 12Tarrant – 3Travis – 2Val Verde – 1 Wise – 1

A male from Carrollton who traveled recently to the Dominican Republic is the second Denton County resident known to have contracted the Zika virus,Denton County Public Health said Friday. http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2016/05/second-zika-case-confirmed-in-denton-county.html/

Zika Virus – May 4, 2016. Texas has had 32 confirmed cases of Zika virus disease. Of those, 31 were in travelers who were infected abroad and diagnosed after they returned home; one of those travelers was a pregnant woman. One case involved a Dallas County resident who had sexual contact with someone who acquired the Zika infection while traveling abroad. Case counts by county: Bexar – 3Dallas – 6Denton – 1Fort Bend – 2Grayson – 1Harris – 12Tarrant – 3Travis – 2Val Verde – 1 Wise – 1 http://www.texaszika.org/

Legacy Community Health, one of the nation’s largest community health centers, today announced its first patient, a pregnant woman, testing positive for Zika virus. The woman had lived in El Salvador, where the virus is widespread, prior to coming to the U.S. earlier this year, but it’s not clear whether she contracted the virus directly through a mosquito bite in El Salvador or through sexual transmission with a male partner. Either way, the Centers for Disease Control has said definitively the virus can cause severe birth defects. http://www.legacycommunityhealth.org/newsroom/first-legacy-patient-tests-positive-for-zika-as-houston-flooding-sure-to-boost-mosquito-popula…

A sixth Dallas County resident has contacted the Zika virus. This time the patient caught it while visiting Jamaica. County health officials said the 41-year-old patient lives in Irving. No other details about his or her identity were released. http://www.fox4news.com/news/123209833-story

In January, a man returned home to Dallas, Texas, after a week-long trip to Venezuela. Two days later he got a fever, a rash on his upper body and face, and pinkeye. He was fine within three days. But about a week later, his partner developed similar symptoms — a rash, pinkeye and some joint pain in his hands and feet. He went to the doctor's office, and a clever physician's assistant thought of Zika virus. The day before his symptoms set in, the traveler had had anal sex with his partner. They'd been together for more than 10 years. They'd had sex again a day after the man recovered. The traveler hadn't noticed anything unusual about his urine or sperm, and the couple di…