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.

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Chessher says a pregnant woman from Garland traveled to a Central America sometime in late March. When she returned to North Texas, she went to her doctor and was tested for the Zika virus. Since the test came back positive, it was automatically sent to the CDC which conducts a second independent test. On Friday, the CDC confirmed the woman’s positive result.

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