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HCPH Zika Virus Cases *Please note, these are the most current number of confirmed cases. This list is updated every Thursday by 2pm CST. Number of pregnancy related cases: 0 http://publichealth.harriscountytx.gov/Resources/2016-Zika-Virus Age RangeGenderTravel MonthCountry of TravelStatus< 10M12/2015El SalvadorRecovered40-49F11/2015El SalvadorRecovered20-29M11/2015El SalvadorRecovered40-49F11/2015El SalvadorRecovered30-39M01/2016VenezuelaRecovered40-49M01/2016HondurasRecovered40-49F04/2016HondurasRecovered

ZIKA VIRUS UPDATE Wednesday, June 29, 2016 GenderAge RangeTravel HistoryTravel MonthConfirmation DateCase Status by CDCFemale60-64Colombia11/1512/22/2015Confirmed PositiveMale35-39Honduras12/1501/28/2016Confirmed PositiveFemale40-45Honduras12/151/29/2016Confirmed PositiveFemale0-10Honduras1/162/22/2016Confirmed PositiveFemale45-50Guatemala1/162/25/2016Confirmed PositiveFemale60-64El Salvador11/152/26/2016Confirmed PositiveFemale30-34Central America6/166/22/2016Confirmed PositiveFemale25-30Honduras5/165/20/2016Confirmed PositiveMale30-34Puerto Rico6/166/21/2016Confirmed PositiveFemale55-60Venezuelaunknown6/22/2016Confirmed PositiveMale30-34U.S. Virgin Islands6/166/27/2016Confirmed Positive

More US babies with Zika-related birth defects reported by health agencyPublished July 01, 2016 ReutersFacebook0 Twitter14 livefyre Email Print Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen inside Oxitec laboratory in Campinas, Brazil (Copyright Reuters 2016) Three more babies have been born in the United States with birth defects likely linked to Zika virus infections, while another lost pregnancy was linked to the virus, according to figures updated by health officials on Thursday. That brings the U.S. totals, as of June 23, to seven babies with microcephaly or other Zika-related birth defects such as serious brain abnormalities, and five lost pregnancies from either miscarriage, stillbirth or termination. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/07/01/more-us-babies-with-zika-related-birth-defects-reported-by-health-agency.html

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Snohomish County man is diagnosed with Zika virusOriginally published June 30, 2016 at 11:48 am Updated June 30, 2016 at 5:51 pmThe infection was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health officials said Thursday. The man, in his 30s, is recovering. Zika virus infection has been confirmed in a Snohomish County man who traveled to the Caribbean, bringing to 10 the total number of cases in Washington state.The infection was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health officials said Thursday. The man, in his 30s, is recovering. All the cases in the state so far have been detected in people who traveled to any of the more than 45 countries where Zika virus is spreading. Five cases have been detected in King County, with one case each in Chelan, Clallam, Cowlitz, Mason and now Snohomish counties. Zika infections can cause devastating birth defectsand have been linked to the neurological disorder Guillain-Barre syndrome. Zika infections have been reported in 935 people in U.S. states and Washington, D.C., and in more than 2,000 people in U.S. territories, according to the CDC. Those figures include infections in 287 pregnant women in the continental U.S. and 250 women in U.S. territories. Zika virus is primarily spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes, but it also is spread sexually. Men who are infected with Zika virus should follow CDC precautions to avoid infecting their partners, officials said. JoNel Aleccia: 206-464-2906 or [email protected]. On Twitter @JoNel_Aleccia

Zika virus infection has been confirmed in a Snohomish County man who traveled to the Caribbean, bringing to 10 the total number of cases in Washington state. The infection was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health officials said Thursday. The man, in his 30s, is recovering. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/snohomish-man-wtih-zika-visus-marks-10th-case-in-washington/

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Two more men test positive for travel-related Zika virus in Delaware COMMENT 0 File Photo By Staff ReportsPosted Jun. 30, 2016 @ 2:11 pm

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Two more men test positive for travel-related Zika virus in Delaware COMMENT 0 File Photo By Staff ReportsPosted Jun. 30, 2016 @ 2:11 pm

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MAHONING COUNTY, Ohio - Two Mahoning county residents have recently tested positive for the Zika virus. The county district board of health was notified of the cases by the Ohio Department of Health. As with all of the reported Zika cases in the country, the two local cases are associated with travel outside the U.S. The individuals, one from Youngstown and the other from another part of the county, have recently been in countries where the Zika virus is prevalent. Health Commissioner Patricia Sweeney says the local cases are not a threat to the public health of people in Mahoning county. Sh e says the species of mosquitoes that carries the Zika virus has not been detected in Ohio. "And if they're not here endemic there's likely not going to be local transmission," said Sweeney. The health department is working hard to spread the word about protection from other disease carrying mosquitoes. "What we want people to do is pay attention to preventing mosquito bites of any type. We know we have the mosquitoes that carries West Nile, and we know we have the mosquitoes that carry encephalitis," Sweeney said. Sweeney says in the two local Zika cases, the symptoms have resolved and the individuals are doing fine. http://www.wfmj.com/story/32348852/two-valley-residents-test-positive-for-zika-virus

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Second case of Zika virus confirmed in Davidson County, TennesseeBY WZTV THURSDAY, JUNE 30TH 2016 DAVIDSON COUNTY, Tenn. — The second case of Zika virus has been confirmed in Davidson County. The Tennessee Health Department made the announcement Thursday evening. The person recently returned to Nashville after traveling to Honduras , where Zika is being transmitted by mosquitoes. The person lives in the East Nashville area and is expected to recover from the virus. The health department said there is no apparent connection with the first travel case. Health Department staff will be visiting an area tomorrow near the intersection of Shelby Avenue and S 10th Street, close to where the traveler lives, to distribute flyers to area residents. There is no vaccine to prevent infection and no specific antiviral treatment for Zika virus infection. Its most common symptoms are fever, rash, joint pain and red eyes. Pregnant women can be infected with Zika virus in any trimester and there have been increased cases of microcephaly possibly associated with Zika virus infections. http://newschannel9.com/news/local/second-case-of-zika-virus-confirmed-in-davidson-county-tennessee

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Travelers to Dominican Republic Lead New York City in Positive Zika TestsBy MARC SANTORAJUNE 29, 2016 Continue reading the main storyShare This PageShareTweetEmailMoreSavePhoto Pediatrics 2000, a clinic in Harlem where many of the patients have roots in the Dominican Republic, is working to educate patients about the risks of the Zika virus. CreditJoshua Bright for The New York TimesMore than half of those who have tested positive for the Zika virus in New York City had traveled in recent months to the Dominican Republic, the city’s health department said on Wednesday, releasing data from its latest round of testing. The results were a stark reminder that, as the summer travel season begins, many of the most popular destinations for New Yorkers in the Caribbean and Latin America pose a serious health risk, especially for pregnant women. The new and more detailed data — which broke down cases by borough and by travel history — was issued in a health alert to doctors and health care providers across the city. Dr. Mary T. Bassett, the city’s health commissioner, said that of the 233 people who have tested positive, 140 had reported recently arriving from the Dominican Republic. After the Dominican Republic, the places most frequently visited by patients who tested positive for the virus were Puerto Rico, with 20 cases, and Guyana, the small South American nation, with 14. Dr. Bassett said the results should not be used to stigmatize any group, but to raise awareness. “It won’t serve New Yorkers well if we create the impression that Zika is a Dominican problem or a Puerto Rico problem or a Guyana problem,” she said. A vast majority of people who contract the virus, spread most commonly by mosquitoes, have no symptoms, and those who do become sick generally experience only mild illness. Pregnant women, however, face a different set of dangers. Zika poses the greatest risk to a developing fetus, and has been linked to a number of birth defects, including microcephaly, a condition that causes children to be born with abnormally small heads and brain damage. Various studies have found the risk that a baby will have microcephaly to be 1 percent to 29 percent. In rare cases, the virus has been associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system, which can lead to paralysis, usually temporary. In New York City, two people who tested positive for Zika had Guillain-Barré. They have both since recovered, Dr. Bassett said. There is also a growing concern about the risk of sexual transmission. While all the cases in the city are believed to be travel-related, at least two other cases in New York State are thought to be the result of sexual transmission, health officials said. Under guidelines issued in February, all women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant and who have also traveled to Zika-affected countries should be tested, even those with no symptoms. During the first few months after the guidelines changed, however, many of the women considered most at risk were not being tested. Dr. Bassett said that once the city recognized the problem, health officials moved aggressively to inform communities with close ties to the affected areas. “We are seeing the disparity close,” she said on Wednesday. Several explanations have been offered for why such a large percentage of positive tests involve travel to the Dominican Republic, health officials said. In recent years, Dominicans have overtaken Puerto Ricans as the largest Latino community in the city, with 747,473 Dominicans living in the five boroughs in 2013, compared with 719,444 Puerto Ricans, according to the most recent census data. And as recent immigrants, Dominicans have a greater inclination to travel between their home country and New York than other immigrant groups do. Dr. Bassett said that the numbers might also reflect better access to care, or information, in the Dominican community. The city separated positive cases by borough for the first time. From Jan. 19 to June 24, 3,906 people were tested. Of the 233 who were found to have Zika, 95 were residents of the Bronx, 52 of Manhattan, 47 of Queens and 39 of Brooklyn. Of these, 162 were female and 24 were pregnant at the time of the diagnosis. The patients ranged in age from 1 to 74, with a median age of 40. As the summer travel season picks up, health officials fully expect the number of cases to increase, especially as the virus continues to spread swiftly in South America and the Caribbean. There are hundreds of pregnant women with Zika in the Dominican Republic, and with each week hundreds of new cases are discovered. In Puerto Rico, the situation is just as dire. “In the coming months, it’s possible that thousands of pregnant women in Puerto Rico could become infected,” Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a conference call in June. A version of this article appears in print on June 30, 2016, on page A22 of the New York edition with the headline: Travelers to Dominican Republic Lead New York City in Positive Zika Tests. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe

Dr. Mary T. Bassett, the city’s health commissioner, said that of the 233 people who have tested positive, 140 had reported recently arriving from the Dominican Republic. After the Dominican Republic, the places most frequently visited by patients who tested positive for the virus were Puerto Rico, with 20 cases, and Guyana, the small South American nation, with 14. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/nyregion/dominicans-lead-among-those-testing-positive-for-zika-in-new-york-city.html?smid=fb-nytmetro&smtyp=cur&_r=1

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o 22 pregnant women with laboratory evidence of possible Zika virus infection have been reported to the CDC’s Zika Pregnancy Registry by NYSDOH (22).  NYCDOHMH directly reports pregnant women with laboratory evidence of possible Zika virus infection who reside within NYC to the Zika Pregnancy Registry.