Demographic and Travel Characteristics of Travel-Associated Zika Virus Infection Case-Patients in San Diego County, California (January 1, 2016–March 31, 2017)

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• Alternative Title:
  J Community Health
• Personal Author:
  Escutia, Gabriela ; McDonald, Eric ; Rodríguez-Lainz, Alfonso ; Healy, Jessica
• Description:
  Most Zika disease cases diagnosed in the continental US have been associated with travel to areas with risk of Zika transmission, mainly the Caribbean and Latin America. Limited information has been published about the demographic and travel characteristics of Zika case-patients in the United States, besides their age and gender. During 2016-2017 the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, California, expanded the scope and completeness of demographic and travel information collected from Zika case-patients for public health surveillance purposes. The majority (53.8%) of travel-related Zika virus infection case-patients (n = 78) in the county were Hispanic, significantly higher (p ≤ 0.05) than the 33.0% of Hispanics in the county. Foreign-born residents, mainly from Mexico, were also overrepresented among cases compared to their share in the county population (33.3 vs. 23.0%; p ≤ 0.05). Seventeen (21.8%) patients reported a primary language other than English (14 Spanish). Most case-patients traveled for tourism (54%) or to visit friends and relatives (36%). This surveillance information helps identify higher-risk populations and implement culturally targeted interventions for Zika prevention and control.
• Keywords:
  California Caribbean Region Foreign-born Hispanics Humans Latin America Public Health Surveillance Retrospective Studies Travel Zika Virus Zika Virus Infection

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• Source:
  J Community Health. 43(3):566-569
• Pubmed ID:
  29188465
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5924574
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U38 OT000143/OT/OSTLTS CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  43
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:591b59c13a66a2fcef034e25bbf74ae6915a89f41b1f74eaf5f3790ac40c565e
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