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California Zika Cases Increase To 348


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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY Division of Communicable Disease Control CDPH Weekly Update on Number of Zika Virus Infections in California October 21, 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 October 21, 2016, there have been 348 travel-associated Zika virus infections in California.

• Total infections: 348

• New infections reported this week: 13

• Cumulative number of infections due to sexual transmission: 3

• Cumulative number of infections in pregnant women: 43a o Liveborn infants with birth defects: 2b o Pregnancy losses with birth defects: 0c Zika virus infections in California, 2015-2016d (as of October 21, 2016) County Travel-associated e Locally acquired f

Alameda (City of Berkeley) 22g (2) 0

Contra Costa 16 0

Fresno 1 0

Humboldt 2 0

Kern 3 0

Kings 1 0

Lake 1 0

Los Angeles (City of Long Beach) 78h (6) 0

Marin 6 0

Merced 3 0

Monterey 4 0

Napa 3 0

Orange 23 0

Riverside 10 0

Sacramento 6 0

San Bernardino 13 0

San Diego 61i 0

San Francisco 25 0

San Joaquin 6 0

San Luis Obispo 1 0

San Mateo 9 0

Santa Barbara 6 0

Santa Clara 22 0

Santa Cruz 2 0

Solano 2 0

Sonoma 6 0

Stanislaus 2 0

Tulare 3 0

Ventura 5 0

Yolo 4 0

Yuba 2 0

Total 348 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 two residents of the City of Berkeley

h Includes six residents 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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