Zika and Other Mosquito Borne Diseases: Home
Resources and information about the Zika virus.
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Pages
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Zika Virus
Mosquito image from http://www.cdc.gov/zika/pregnancy/index.html
CDC Fact sheets and posters
Articles/Reports
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Assessing real-time Zika risk in the United StatesMay 4, 2017 article stating "sustained ZIKV transmission risk is concentrated in the southeastern counties (of Texas) including the Houston metropolitan region and the Texas-Mexico border. "
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Team of Rival Scientists Comes Together to Fight Zika/ Amy HarmonMarch 30, 2016 article in the New York Times describing scientists' efforts to create a "state-of-the-art DNA map that ...will help them fight the disease with the mosquito’s own genetic code."
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Zika Virus, 'Ghostbusters,' and the Strange New Normal of Tropical Disease Pandemics/ Dr. Peter HotezArticle by a tropical medicine physician discussing the spread of zika and other tropical diseases and what needs to be done.
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Zika Virus: Global Health ConsiderationsApril 14, 2016 report by Tiaji Salaam-Blyther, Specialist in Global Health at the Congressional Research Service.
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Zika Virus Resource CenterPublisher Elsevier is providing free access to medical research, online tools, and expert advice on the Zika virus including pertinent journal articles.
Pregnant Women and Babies/Children
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MicrocephalyWorld Health Organization page discussing one of the possible consequences of Zika in pregnant women - babies born with microcephaly.
Important News
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Medicaid Providing Free Mosquito Repellent for Texas femalesTexas Medicaid will cover the cost of mosquito repellent for females between the ages of 10 and 45 or who are pregnant at least until Dec. 2017.
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Zika in TexasScroll to "What's New" to see the most current updates about Zika in Texas from the Texas Department of State Health Services.
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