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Volume 23, Number 2—February 2017
Dispatch

Characteristics of US Travelers to Zika Virus–Affected Countries in the Americas, March 2015–October 2016

Sara Lammert, Allison Taylor Walker, Stefanie Erskine, Sowmya R. Rao, Douglas H. Esposito, Edward T. Ryan, Gregory K. Robbins, and Regina C. LaRocqueComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Massachusetts General Hospital Travelers’ Advice and Immunization Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (S. Lammert, E.T. Ryan, G.K. Robbins, R.C. LaRocque); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A. Taylor Walker, S. Erskine, D.H. Esposito); Boston University Medical Center Department of Surgery, Boston (S.R. Rao); Massachusetts General Hospital Biostatistics Center, Boston (S.R. Rao); Harvard Medical School, Boston (E.T. Ryan, G.K. Robbins, R.C. LaRocque)

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Table 2

Reproductive status of women of reproductive age traveling to Zika virus–affected countries in the Americas, February 2015–October 2016*

Status
 No. (%) travelers
All women, N = 2,373
 Ages 15–19 y, n = 470
 Ages 20–29 y, n = 1,078
 Ages 30–39 y, n = 588
 Ages 40–44 y, n = 237
Pregnant 7 (0.3) 0 0 6 (1.0) 1 (0.4)
Breastfeeding 9 (0.4) 0 2 (0.2) 7 (1.2) 0
Possible pregnancy in next 3 mo 42 (1.8) 0 11 (1.0) 28 (4.8) 3 (1.3)
Using prescription birth control 803 (33.8) 87 (18.6) 477 (44.3) 194 (33.0) 45 (19.0)

*Women of reproductive age were defined as those 15–44 y.

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