Preventing vectorborne 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

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Preventing vectorborne transmission of zika virus infection during pregnancy, Puerto Rico, USA, 2016–2017

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2020) 26(11) 2717-2720

DOI: 10.3201/eid2611.201614

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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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Kortsmit, K., von Essen, B. S., Warner, L., D’Angelo, D. V., Smith, R. A., Shapiro-Mendoza, C. K., … Bernal, M. V. (2020). Preventing vectorborne transmission of zika virus infection during pregnancy, Puerto Rico, USA, 2016–2017. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26(11), 2717–2720. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.201614

Preventing vectorborne transmission of zika virus infection during pregnancy, Puerto Rico, USA, 2016–2017

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