Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2020)

Preventing Vector-Borne Transmission of Zika Virus Infection During Pregnancy, Puerto Rico, USA, 2016–2017

  • Katherine Kortsmit,
  • Beatriz Salvesen von Essen,
  • Lee Warner,
  • Denise V. D’Angelo,
  • Ruben A. Smith,
  • Carrie K. Shapiro-Mendoza,
  • Holly B. Shulman,
  • Wanda Hernández Virella,
  • Aspy Taraporewalla,
  • Leslie Harrison,
  • Sascha Ellington,
  • Wanda D. Barfield,
  • Denise J. Jamieson,
  • Shanna Cox,
  • Karen Pazol,
  • Patricia Garcia Díaz,
  • Beatriz Rios Herrera,
  • Manuel Vargas Bernal

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.201614
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 11
pp. 2717 – 2720

Abstract

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We examined pregnant women’s use of personal protective measures to prevent mosquito bites during the 2016–2017 Zika outbreak in Puerto Rico. Healthcare provider counseling on recommended measures was associated with increased use of insect repellent among pregnant women but not with wearing protective clothing.

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