7 July 2016: Zika – Epidemiological Update

To date, 40 countries and territories have confirmed local, vectorial transmission of Zika virus disease in the Region of the Americas since 2015 (Figure 1). In addition, five countries in the Americas have reported Zika cases by sexual transmission (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 30 June 2016, no additional countries or territories confirmed vector-borne autochthonous transmission of Zika virus. In review of the respective last four weeks of reported data, an increasing trend in cases has been observed in Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, and Saint Martin.