TY - JOUR AU - Hills, Susan AU - Morrison, Andrea AU - Stuck, Shawna AU - Sandhu, Kayleigh AU - Mason, Krystal AU - Stanek, Danielle AU - Gabel, Julie AU - Osborne, Matthew AU - Schroeder, Betsy AU - Rico, Edhelene AU - Drenzek, Cherie AU - Gallagher, Glen AU - Fiddner, Jennifer AU - Heberlein-Larson, Lea AU - Brown, Catherine AU - Fischer, Marc T1 - Case Series of Laboratory-Associated Zika Virus Disease, United States, 2016–2019 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 5 SP - 1296 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Zika virus diagnostic testing and laboratory research increased considerably when Zika virus began spreading through the Americas in 2015, increasing the risk for potential Zika virus exposure of laboratory workers and biomedical researchers. We report 4 cases of laboratory-associated Zika virus disease in the United States during 2016–2019. Of these, 2 were associated with needlestick injuries; for the other 2 cases, the route of transmission was undetermined. In laboratories in which work with Zika virus is performed, good laboratory biosafety practices must be implemented and practiced to reduce the risk for infection among laboratory personnel. KW - Zika virus KW - laboratory KW - needlestick KW - occupational KW - viruses KW - zoonoses KW - vector-borne diseases KW - mosquito-borne diseases KW - flavivirus DO - 10.3201/eid2705.203602 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/5/20-3602_article ER - End of Reference