Surveillance for Mosquitoborne Transmission of Zika Virus, New York City, NY, USA, 2016

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Wahnich, Amanda ; Clark, Sandhya ; Bloch, Danielle ; Kubinson, Hannah ; Hrusa, Gili ; Liu, Dakai ; Rakeman, Jennifer L. ; Deocharan, Bisram ; Jones, Lucretia ; Slavinski, Sally ; Stoute, Alaina ; Mathes, Robert ; Weiss, Don ; Conners, Erin E.
• Corporate Authors:
  Sentinel Surveillance Working Group
• Description:
  A large number of imported cases of Zika virus infection and the potential for transmission by Aedes albopictus mosquitoes prompted the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct sentinel, enhanced passive, and syndromic surveillance for locally acquired mosquitoborne Zika virus infections in New York City, NY, USA, during June-October 2016. Suspected case-patients were those >5 years of age without a travel history or sexual exposure who had >3 compatible signs/symptoms (arthralgia, fever, conjunctivitis, or rash). We identified 15 suspected cases and tested urine samples for Zika virus by using real-time reverse transcription PCR; all results were negative. We identified 308 emergency department visits for Zika-like illness, 40,073 visits for fever, and 17 unique spatiotemporal clusters of visits for fever. We identified no evidence of local transmission. Our experience offers possible surveillance tools for jurisdictions concerned about local mosquitoborne Zika virus or other arboviral transmission.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Animals Child Culicidae Female Humans Male Middle Aged Pregnancy Sentinel Surveillance Synopsis Young Adult Zika Virus Zika Virus Infection

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(5):827-834
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York City, NY
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
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