Connecticut Zika Cases Increase To 120

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Current as of October 18, 2016

 

943	Number of Patients with Final Results
676	Number of Pregnant Patients with Final Results
95	Number of Patients with Positive Results for Zika Virus
5	Number of Pregnant Patients with Positive Results for Zika Virus
32	Number of Patients with Positive Results for Flavivirus*
22	Number of Pregnant Patients with Positive Results for Flavivirus*

 

 

Table: Travel History of Patients with Positive Test Results by

Zika Affected Country or Territory Visited - Connecticut, February 15 - October 18, 2016

 

Countries/Territories Visited	Zika Positive	Flavivirus Positive*	Total
Aruba		1	1
Belize	2		2
Brazil		1	1
British Virgin Islands	1		1
Colombia	2	1	3
Dominican Republic	26	7	33
Ecuador		1	1
El Salvador		1	1
Guatemala	2	3	5
Haiti	1	6	7
Honduras	2	2	4
Jamaica	12	1	13
Mexico	4	1	5
Nicaragua	2		2
Puerto Rico	33	4	37
St. Lucia	3		3
Trinidad and Tobago	2		2
United States of America	1		1
U.S. Virgin Islands	1		1
Venezuela	1	3	4
Total	95	32	127

 

 

*Test results unable to distinguish between Zika virus, a single-stranded RNA virus in the genusFlavivirus, and others that are closely related including dengue, West Nile, Japanese encephalitis, and yellow fever viruses¹. A positive test may mean infection with any of these viruses.

1. CDC. Interim Guidance for Interpretation of Zika Virus Antibody Test Results. MMWR. May 31, 3016. Accessed June 1, 2016.

 

 

 

Figure: Number of Patients with Positive Zika Virus Test Result by
Test Type and Month of Specimen Collection - Connecticut, February 15 - October 18, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Testing Performed to Identify Zika Virus Infection

 

 

 

 

 

 

To contact the Epidemiology and Emerging Infections Program, please call 860-509-7994.

http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3136&pm=1&Q=580282

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