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Volume 24, Number 5—May 2018
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

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

Amanda Wahnich, Sandhya Clark, Danielle Bloch, Hannah Kubinson, Gili Hrusa, Dakai Liu, Jennifer L. Rakeman, Bisram Deocharan, Lucretia Jones, Sally Slavinski, Alaina Stoute, Robert Mathes, Don Weiss, Erin E. ConnersComments to Author , and Sentinel Surveillance Working Group
Author affiliations: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, New York, USA

Main Article

Table

Demographic and clinical characteristics of persons meeting case definition for suspicion of local transmission of Zika virus at sentinel and nonsentinel passive surveillance sites in New York City, June 27–September 30, 2016*

Characteristics Total tested for Zika virus Nonsentinel site Sentinel site
Total number tested
15 (100)
7 (47)
8 (53)
Median age (interquartile range)
35 (20–49)
29 (9–38)
45 (21–54)
Borough
  Bronx 5 (33) 1 (14) 4 (50)
  Brooklyn 2 (13) 1 (14) 1 (13)
  Manhattan 3 (20) 2 (29) 1 (13)
  Queens 3 (20) 3 (43) 0
  Staten Island
2 (13)
0
2 (25)
Sex
  F 9 (60) 6 (86) 3 (38)
  M
6 (40)
1 (14)
5 (62)
Pregnant at time of report
2 (13)
2 (29)
0
Signs and symptoms
  Arthralgia 12 (80) 4 (57) 8 (100)
  Conjunctivitis 10 (67) 7 (100) 3 (38)
  Fever 13 (86.7) 5 (71.4) 8 (100)
  Rash 11 (73.3) 4 (57.1) 7 (87.5)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. Signs and symptoms are not mutually exclusive.

Main Article

1Working group members who participated in this study are listed at the end of this article.

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