| prevalence of antibodies to zika virus in mothers from hawaii who delivered babies with and without microcephaly between 2009-2012. | zika virus (zikv) is an emerging mosquito-borne pathogen. zikv infection is linked to the development of severe fetal abnormalities that include spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, hydranencephaly, and microcephaly. zikv outbreaks have been recorded in the united states. we recently demonstrated the first congenital zikv infection in the united states. in this study, we investigated archived blood samples from six mothers who gave birth to babies with microcephaly and 12 mothers who gave birth to ... | 2016 | 27997547 |
| mountains, melting pot, and microcosm: health care delay and dengue/zika interplay on hawaii island. | human history in the hawaiian islands offers a sobering study in the population dynamics of infectious disease. the indigenous population numbering an estimated half million people prior to western contact in 1778 was reduced to less than 24,000 by 1920. much of the decline occurred in the earliest decades after contact with western diseases including measles, chicken pox, polio, tuberculosis, and venereal disease. a recent outbreak on the island of hawaii (also called the big island) of importe ... | 2016 | 29195536 |
| establishing a timeline to discontinue routine testing of asymptomatic pregnant women for zika virus infection - american samoa, 2016-2017. | the first patients with laboratory-confirmed cases of zika virus disease in american samoa had symptom onset in january 2016 (1). in response, the american samoa department of health (asdoh) implemented mosquito control measures (1), strategies to protect pregnant women (1), syndromic surveillance based on electronic health record (ehr) reports (1), zika virus testing of persons with one or more signs or symptoms of zika virus disease (fever, rash, arthralgia, or conjunctivitis) (1-3), and routi ... | 2017 | 28333910 |