Dallas County Health & Human Services (DCHHS) Health Alerts, Advisories, and Updates Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: Updates on ZIKA Virus  Travel Advisories Information for the Public Testing Information and Recommendations Background Information Links to Public Health Agencies

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TMA President Don Read has written all members of the Texas congressional delegation to request immediate funds to deal with the Zika virus in the state. May 13, 2016

Officials say state needs to create other Zika virus tests, Dallas Morning News, March 2016 


Dallas County Health & Human Services (DCHHS) Health Alerts, Advisories, and Updates

02/05/16 DCHHS Health Advisory: Zika Virus Update (#2)

02/02/16 DCHHS Health Advisory: Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus

02/02/16 DCHHS Press Release: DCHHS Reports Second Zika Virus Case in Dallas County

02/02/16 DCHHS Press Release: DCHHS Reports First Zika Virus Case in Dallas County Acquired Through Sexual Transmission

Zika Virus Information from Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS): On Feb. 2, 2016, Dallas County Health and Human Services confirmed that a case of Zika virus was transmitted locally through sexual contact. This is the first instance of transmission of the virus to occur within the United States. The Zika virus brochure below includes information about the spread, treatment, and Dallas County’s mosquito management program. DCHHS has also provided instructions below for area clinicians who want to submit specimens for testing for Zika virus.

• Zika virus transmission, symptoms, treatment, prevention 
   
• Zika Fact Sheet


• Zika Virus Brochure


• DCHHS Instructions for Healthcare Providers for Submission of Specimens for Zika Virus Testing, v.8/2/16
  


• DCHHS Zika Laboratory Test Request Form

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Travel Advisories

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Zika Travel Information
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Travel Health Notices

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Information for the Public

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Zika Virus Disease Q and A
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Fact Sheets and Posters

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Testing Information and Recommendations

• Dallas County Health and Human Services: Instructions for Healthcare Providers for Submission of Specimens for Zika Virus Testing, 
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Interim Guidelines for the Evaluation and Testing of Infants with Possible Congenital Zika Virus Infection — United States, 2016
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: For Health Care Providers

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Background Information

• CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Call: Zika Virus - What Clinicians Need to Know, Jan. 26, 2016
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Zika Virus Outside Africa, Sept. 2009
• Eurosurveillance: Evidence of perinatal transmission of Zika virus, French Polynesia, December 2013 and February 2014 , April 2014
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Potential Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus, Feb. 2015
• The New England Journal of Medicine: Zika Virus Outbreak on Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia, June 2009
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Probable Non–Vector-borne Transmission of Zika Virus, Colorado, USA, May 2011
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Phylogeny of Zika Virus in Western Hemisphere, 2015

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Links to Public Health Agencies

• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
• Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)

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