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Global Risk of Zika Virus

tarariley — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 19:15:22 +0000

According to the World Health Organization, there are currently 85 countries and territories with past or present active Zika transmission across the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania and the Pacific Islands. This map includes areas with varying levels of risk of Zika, including no known risk.

Credit: Map courtesty of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Zika in the United States

tarariley — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 19:10:09 +0000

According to the U.S Centers for Disease Control, there have been 5,381 symptomatic Zika virus disease cases reported January 1, 2015 – July 12, 2017 in the United States. Of these, 5,109 cases were travelers returning from affected areas, 224 cases were acquired through presumed local mosquito-borne transmission, 48 cases were acquired through other routes, including sexual transmission (46), laboratory transmission (1), and person-to-person through an unknown route (1). There have been 36,975 symptomatic Zika virus disease cases reported in U.S. territories. Of these, nearly all (36,828 cases) were acquired through presumed local mosquito-borne transmission, with 147 cases acquired through travel from affected areas.

The total Zika case counts for 2017 (as of July 12, 2017) are 163 cases in U.S. states and 522 in U.S. territories. For 2016, the total case counts are 5,102 cases in U.S. states and 36,079 in U.S. territories. For 2015, the total case counts are 61 cases in U.S. states and 9 cases in U.S. territories.

Explore the maps below to learn more.

Zika in the United States: 2017

Zika in the United States: 2016

Zika in the United States: 2015

Credit: Maps courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Zika in South Florida

tarariley — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 19:05:10 +0000

In July 2016, the first locally acquired case of Zika in the United States was confirmed in Miami, Florida. To date, every U.S. state and territory has at least one confirmed travel-associated case of Zika. As of late September 2016, Florida is the only state to have confirmed locally acquired cases of the Zika virus. In light of this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued travel warnings for three areas in Miami-Dade County—Wynwood, a local arts district, Little River and Miami Beach, popular tourist destinations.

The CDC previously issued guidance related to Zika for people living in or traveling to Miami-Dade County, advising that pregnant women not travel to this area because of local transmission of the virus. The CDC designates areas for Zika virus transmission prevention in the continental United States and Hawaii as red or yellow. Miami-Dade County was previously designated as a Zika cautionary (yellow) area, but that designation was removed on June 2, 2017. This means that there are no longer any travel recommendations related to Zika virus for Miami-Dade County, Florida. Although the level of risk of Zika virus transmission after a yellow area is removed is unknown, it is likely to be low. However, sporadic cases may still occur. For this reason, the CDC recommends that people living in or traveling to Miami-Dade County continue to protect themselves from mosquito-borne illnesses, including Zika virus.

KEY: Miami-Dade County, FL. Red shows previously designated areas of active transmission where the CDC recommends adherence to travel and testing guidance for pregnant women, women of reproductive age and their partners. Yellow shows previously designated areas where CDC advised cautionary travel recommendations and strict adherence to precautions to prevent mosquito bites.

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Tracking the Impact

tarariley — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 19:00:56 +0000

Since its discovery in rhesus monkeys in Uganda’s Zika forest in 1947, the Zika virus has spread globally to nearly every continent. Before 2007, only 14 cases of the virus had been documented in 60 years as it moved slowly eastward from Africa to Asia. In 2007, the first major Zika outbreak occurred in Micronesia. Five years later, Zika outbreaks occurred in four other Pacific Island nations. By May 2015, Brazil confirmed the Zika virus was circulating in the country and this was the first report about locally acquired Zika in the Americas. By early 2016, Zika had reached the United States through sexual transmission and by mid-year the first case of locally acquired Zika was confirmed in Miami. There are now thousands of confirmed cases of Zika across the world.

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