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** Zika virus disease in the United States, 2015–2016

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Zika virus disease in the United States, 2015–2016

As of March 30, 2016 (5 am EST)

  • Zika virus disease and Zika virus congenital infection are nationally notifiable conditions.
  • This update from the CDC Arboviral Disease Branch includes provisional data reported to ArboNET for January 1, 2015 – March 30, 2016.

US States

  • Travel-associated Zika virus disease cases reported: 312
  • Locally acquired vector-borne cases reported: 0
  • Of the 312 cases reported, 27 were pregnant women, 6 were sexually transmitted, and 1 had Guillain-Barré syndrome

US Territories

  • Travel-associated cases reported: 3
  • Locally acquired cases reported: 349
  • Of the 352 cases reported, 37 were pregnant women and 1 had Guillain-Barré syndrome

Map of the United States showing Travel-associated and Locally acquired cases of the Zika virus. The locations and number of cases can be found in the table below.

Laboratory-confirmed Zika virus disease cases reported to ArboNET by state or territory — United States, 2015–2016 (as of March 30, 2016)

States Travel-associated cases*
No. (%)
(N=312)
Locally acquired cases†
No. (%)
(N=0)
Alabama 2      (1) 0    (0)
Arizona 1      (<1) 0    (0)
Arkansas 1      (<1) 0    (0)
California 17    (6) 0    (0)
Colorado 2      (1) 0    (0)
Connecticut 1      (<1) 0    (0)
Delaware 3      (1) 0    (0)
District of Columbia 3      (1) 0    (0)
Florida 74    (24) 0    (0)
Georgia 9      (3) 0    (0)
Hawaii 5      (2) 0    (0)
Illinois 9      (3) 0    (0)
Indiana 5      (2) 0    (0)
Iowa 4      (1) 0    (0)
Kansas 1      (<1) 0    (0)
Kentucky 3      (1) 0    (0)
Louisiana 2      (1) 0    (0)
Maine 1      (<1) 0    (0)
Maryland 6      (2) 0    (0)
Massachusetts 7      (2) 0    (0)
Michigan 2      (1) 0    (0)
Minnesota 12    (4) 0    (0)
Mississippi 2      (1) 0    (0)
Missouri 1      (<1) 0    (0)
Montana 1      (<1) 0    (0)
Nebraska 2      (1) 0    (0)
Nevada 2      (<1) 0    (0)
New Hampshire 2      (1) 0    (0)
New Jersey 5      (1) 0    (0)
New York 46    (15) 0    (0)
North Carolina 7      (2) 0    (0)
Ohio 9      (3) 0    (0)
Oklahoma 3      (1) 0    (0)
Oregon 6      (2) 0    (0)
Pennsylvania 11    (4) 0    (0)
Tennessee 1      (<1) 0    (0)
Texas 27    (9) 0    (0)
Utah 2      (1) 0    (0)
Virginia 8      (3) 0    (0)
Washington 2      (1) 0    (0)
West Virginia 5      (2) 0    (0)
Territories (N=3) (N=349)
American Samoa 0      (0) 14      (4)
Puerto Rico 2      (67) 325    (93)
US Virgin Islands 1      (33) 10      (3)

*Travelers returning from affected areas, their sexual contacts, or infants infected in utero
†Presumed local mosquito-borne transmission


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