Texas Zika Pregnancy Registry Cases Increase To 77

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October 7, 2016 - Weekly Texas Data for National Zika Pregnancy Registry

Texas has reported 77 individuals into the CDC’s Zika Pregnancy Registry. That number includes 13 pregnant women who are reported as Zika cases. It also includes pregnant women and newborns who have laboratory evidence of Zika infection but don’t qualify as Zika cases because they have had no symptoms or because the infection couldn’t be specifically identified as Zika virus. Texas provides data to the Zika Pregnancy Registry weekly.

The registry casts a wider net – beyond reported Zika cases – to track and follow pregnancies that may have been impacted by Zika. States are reporting cases but also the number of pregnancies that can’t be confirmed to be Zika-infected but have some lab indication of a flavivirus infection. Flaviviruses are known to cross-react during antibody testing, making it difficult to determine if the person was infected with Zika or some other flavivirus.

Who Texas Counts for the CDC Registry

Any pregnant woman or newborn residing in Texas whose testing for Zika virus infection yielded positive or inconclusive test results, regardless of symptoms.

Who Texas Counts as Zika Pregnancy Case

To be reported as a Zika pregnancy case, the pregnant woman has to have had one or more clinical sign or symptom compatible with Zika and also have a positive Zika test result.

Note: Pregnancy Registry counts will be updated weekly. No other details will be provided about Texas pregnancies reported to the CDC due to privacy concerns and that it is not warranted from a public health standpoint.

http://www.texaszika.org/

Edited October 10, 2016 by niman