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Puerto Rico Reports Probable Zika Cases in 2023

March 24, 2023 • 12:38 pm CDT
PAHO Zika reported week #10 March 2023
(Vax-Before-Travel News)

Puerto Rico's Department of Health Arboviral Disease Week #10 report indicates 15 probable Zika cases confirmed this year.

In 2022, there were 20 probable IgM+ confirmed Zika cases.

In the Region of the Americas, the PAHO reported 40,249 cases and two death in 2022.

Belize is the country with the highest cumulative incidence of Zika infections in the Americas.

Since its first detection in Brazil in March 2014, and as of March 24, 2023, local transmission of Zika has been confirmed in all countries and territories in the Americas, except for continental Chile, Uruguay, and Canada.

Updated May 10, 2023 - reassigned domain.

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