14 July 2016: Zika – Epidemiological Update

To date, 40 countries and territories have confirmed local, vector-borne transmission of Zika virus disease in the Region of the Americas since 2015. In addition, five countries in the Americas have reported sexually transmitted Zika cases (Argentina, Canada, Chile, Peru, and the United States of America). Since the last Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Zika Epidemiological Update on 7 July 2016, no additional countries or territories have confirmed vector-borne autochthonous transmission of Zika virus (Figure 1).