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Zika Virus

What we know
  • Pregnant women can be infected with Zika virus.
    • The primary way that pregnant women get Zika virus is through the bite of an infected mosquito.  
    • Zika virus can be spread by a man to his sex partners.
  • A pregnant woman can pass Zika virus to her fetus.
    • Zika virus can be passed from a pregnant woman to her fetus during pregnancy or at delivery.
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What we do not know
  • If a pregnant woman is exposed
    • We don’t know how likely she is to get Zika.
  • If a pregnant woman is infected
    • We don’t know how the virus will affect her or her pregnancy.
    • We don’t know how likely it is that Zika will pass to her fetus.
    • We don’t know if the fetus is infected, if the fetus will develop birth defects.
    • We don’t know when in pregnancy the infection might cause harm to the fetus.
    • We don’t know whether her baby will have birth defects.  
    • We don’t know if sexual transmission of Zika virus poses a different risk of birth defects than mosquito-borne transmission.
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Zika in the US

US States
  • Travel-associated Zika virus disease cases reported: 346
  • Locally acquired vector-borne cases reported: 0
  • Of the 346 cases reported, 32 were pregnant women, 7 were sexually transmitted, and 1 had Guillain-Barré syndrome
US Territories
  • Travel-associated cases reported: 3
  • Locally acquired cases reported: 351
  • Of the 354 cases reported, 37 were pregnant women and 1 had Guillain-Barré syndrome
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