Laboratory-confirmed Zika virus disease cases reported to ArboNET by state or territory (as of August 24, 2016)
- 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 – August 24, 2016.
US States
- Locally acquired mosquito-borne cases reported: 29
- Travel-associated cases reported: 2,487
- Laboratory acquired cases reported: 1
- Total: 2,517
- Sexually transmitted: 22
- Guillain-Barré syndrome: 7
US Territories
- Locally acquired cases reported: 8,968
- Travel-associated cases reported: 43
- Total: 9,011*
- Guillain-Barré syndrome: 26
*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.
In the U.S. territories, there have been 8,968 locally acquired Zika cases and 43 travel-associated cases, for a total of 9,011.
Zika & Pregnancy
- 584 pregnant women in the U.S. have lab evidence of Zika virus infection
- 812 pregnant women in the U.S. territories have lab evidence of Zika virus infection
- 6 babies in the U.S. have been born with Zika-related birth defects
- 5 pregnancy losses with birth defects linked to Zika in the U.S.
