CDC: Zika Update
December 9th, 2016As of December 7, 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 01, 2015 – December 7, 2016.
US States
- Locally acquired mosquito-borne cases reported: 185
- Travel-associated cases reported: 4,389
- Laboratory acquired cases reported: 1
- Total: 4,575
- Sexually transmitted: 38
- Guillain-Barré syndrome: 13
US Territories
- Locally acquired cases reported: 33,712
- Travel-associated cases reported: 126
- Total: 33,838*
- Guillain-Barré syndrome: 50
*Sexually transmitted cases are not reported for US territories because with local transmission of Zika virus it is not possible to determine whether infection occurred due to mosquito-borne or sexual transmission.