title: Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Zika Virus Disease - American Samoa, 2016.
abstract: During December 2015-January 2016, the American Samoa Department of Health (ASDoH) detected through surveillance an increase in the number of cases of acute febrile rash illness. Concurrently, a case of laboratory-confirmed Zika virus infection, a mosquito-borne flavivirus infection documented to cause microcephaly and other severe brain defects in some infants born to women infected during pregnancy (1,2) was reported in a traveler returning to New Zealand from American Samoa. In the absence of local laboratory capacity to test for Zika virus, ASDoH initiated arboviral disease control measures, including public education and vector source reduction campaigns. On February 1, CDC staff members were deployed to American Samoa to assist ASDoH with testing and surveillance efforts.
authors.forename: Jessica M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Healy
authors.forename: M Catherine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: Tai-Ho
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: W Thane
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Hancock
authors.forename: Karrie-Ann E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Toews
authors.forename: Magele Scott
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Anesi
authors.forename: Ray T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Tulafono
authors.forename: Mary Aseta
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mataia
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sili
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Solaita
authors.forename: A Christian
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Whelen
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sciulli
authors.forename: Remedios B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Gose
authors.forename: Vasiti
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Uluiviti
authors.forename: Morgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hennessey
authors.forename: Fara
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Utu
authors.forename: Motusa Tuileama
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Nua
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D018948:American Samoa / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D000071244:Zika Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*