Zika Virus: Health Information Guide

U.S. Federal Agencies

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Zika Virus
    Also in Spanish.
  • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - Zika Reports
• National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Zika virus
• National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health
  • Zika Virus
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Zika Virus
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Zika Virus Response Updates from FDA
• Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response, Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • What Head Start or Child Care Programs Need to Know About Zika Virus
• History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine
  • Global Health Events Historical archive of Web documents on Ebola and Zika Virus.

• American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • Zika Virus: Guidance and Information for Health Care Providers
• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Zika Virus
• American Medical Association
  • Zika Virus Resource Center
• American Nurses Association
  • Zika Virus Information
• American Public Health Association
  • Zika Virus
• Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP), University of Minnesota
  • Zika

• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
  • Zika virus infection
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), World Health Organization
  • Zika Virus Infection
    Also available in Spanish.
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Zika virus and complications
  • Zika virus disease
    Also available in Spanish.
  • Dispelling rumors around Zika and complications
    Also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.
  • WHO Zika App
    • iOS version
    • Android version
• International Society for Infectious Diseases
  • ProMED-mail in English
  • ProMED-PORT in Portuguese, focusing on Latin America
  • ProMED-ESP in Spanish, focusing on Latin America
• Evidence Aid
  • Zika resources - systematic reviews

National Government (non-U.S.) Web Sites

• Australian Government - Department of Health
  • Zika Virus
• Government of Canada
  • Zika virus
    Also available in French.
• New Zealand - Ministry of Health
  • Zika virus
• Public Health England
  • Zika virus

Updates from U.S. States and Territories

• Puerto Rico Departmento de Salud (in Spanish)
  Virus del Zika
• Alabama Department of Public Health
  Zika Virus
• Florida Department of Health
  Daily Zika Update
• Georgia Department of Public Health
  Zika
• Louisiana Department of Health
  Zika Information and Resources
• New York State Department of Health
  Zika Virus
• South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
  Zika Virus Information
• Texas Department of State Health Services
  Zika in Texas: Information for News Media

Pregnancy and Zika Virus

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Questions and Answers for Healthcare Providers Caring for Pregnant Women and Women of Reproductive Age with Possible Zika Virus Exposure
  • For Pregnant Women
  • Facts about Microcephaly
    Also available in Spanish, Portuguese, and French.
• Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization
  • Questions and Answers: Zika and pregnancy
• U.S. National Library of Medicine - PubMed Citations
  • Zika and Microcephaly
  • Zika and Pregnancy

Free Resources from Publishers for Medical Responders

• Articles on Zika Virus
  Annals of Internal Medicine
• PLOS Collection: Zika
  PLOS (Public Library of Science)
• Zika virus resource centre
  The Lancet
• BMJ Publishing Group
  • Zika virus: home page
  • Zika virus: Latest from The BMJ
  • Overview of Zika virus, BMJ Best Practice
  • Patient information from the BMJ Group: Zika virus, BMJ Best Practice
• Zika Virus
  New England Journal of Medicine
• Zika Virus Resource Center
  Elsevier
• ASM Zika Virus Resources
  American Society for Microbiology
• Special Collection on Aedes Aegypti and Zika Virus research
  Free access is open until September 30, 2016
  Oxford University Press
• UpToDate - Wolters Kluwer
  • Zika virus infection
  • Patient information: Zika virus infection (The Basics)
    Also available in Spanish.
• Zika virus: free articles by discipline
  Springer Nature
• Latest Zika Research
  Wiley
• Zika Fast Track
  Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
• Emerging Infectious Diseases - Zika Spotlight
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - Zika Reports
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Zika
  CDC Stacks: Public Health Publications
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Zika Virus Infection
  Eurosurveillance
  European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
• Bulletin of the World Health Organization: Zika Open
  World Health Organization

Biomedical Journal Literature and Reports

From PubMed - Biomedical PubMed

• World Health Organization
  • Zika virus situation reports
    Also available in Spanish.
  • Zika virus infection: Disease outbreak news
    Also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome
    Also available in French, Spanish, and Chinese.
• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • Zika virus infection – Risk assessments
  • Zika outbreak in the Americas and the Pacific: Epidemiological situation

Genome, Sequences, and Virus Variation

• Virus Variation: Zika Virus Resource
  National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), U.S. National Library of Medicine
• Zika Virus (Virus Pathogen Resource [ViPR])
  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Laboratory Detection and Diagnosis of Zika Virus

• Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization
  • Case Definitions
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Diagnostic testing

Clinical Trials

• Funding Opportunities and Notices: Zika
  National Institutes of Health
• Dear Colleague Letter: Zika Virus (archived)
  National Science Foundation
• A research and development blueprint for action to prevent epidemics
  This research home page has links on WHO Zika research and product pipelines for vaccines, diagnostics, and vector control.
  World Health Organization
• Research Priorities to Inform Public Health and Medical Practice for Domestic Zika Virus: A Workshop
  Health and Medicine Division, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
• Published primary research studies and protocols: Zika research
  Includes materials in English and Portuguese.
  Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization

Surveillance and Control of Mosquito Vectors

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Surveillance and Control of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in the United States
  • Protection against Mosquitoes, Ticks, & Other Arthropods
  • Insect Repellent Use & Safety
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Mosquito Control
  • Using Repellent Products to Protect against Mosquito-Borne Illnesses
    Also in Spanish.
  • Skin-Applied Repellent Ingredients
• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • Aedes aegypti
  • Aedes albopictus
• World Health Organization
  • WHO Pesticide Evaluation Scheme: WHOPES

Travel

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Zika Travel Information
• World Health Organization
  • Information for travelers visiting Zika affected countries
    Also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.
• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • Current Zika transmission

Maps

• HealthMap
  • 2016 Zika Outbreak
  • Outbreaks Near Me - App
    • For iPhone/iPad
    • For Android
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Areas with Zika
  • Mosquito Control: Geographic Distribution
• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • Mosquito maps
• Pan American Health Organization
  • Countries and territories with autochthonous transmission in the Americas reported in 2015-2016
• Esri UK
  • Zika Virus: 1947 to 2016

Social Media

• Twitter Hashtags: #Zika, #ZikaVirus, #ZikaResearch, #ZikaOpen, #kNOwZika
• Twitter Accounts
  
  • @CDCgov
  • @PAHO/WHO
  • @CIDRAP
• Twitter list for Zika Virus compiled by @NLM_DIMRC, the Twitter account from the Disaster Information Management Research Center, U.S. National Library of Medicine. The list includes selected Twitter accounts posting about the Zika Virus.
• Facebook
  These Facebook accounts are posting some news and resources about the Zika Virus:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • World Health Organization
  • Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)

Multilingual Resources

• Virus del Zika (Español)
  Also available in English.
  MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
• Zika
  HealthReach, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese and other languages.
• Search the Disaster Lit database for other multi-language resources on the Zika virus
  • Zika resources in Spanish
  • Zika resources in Portuguese
• El virus del Zika (Español)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Zika virus
  Also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
  World Health Organization
• Zika virus and complications: Questions and answers
  Also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.
  World Health Organization
• Zika virus infection
  Also available in Spanish.
  Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization
• Zika Communication Materials
  Also available in Portuguese, French and Spanish.
  Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization
• Guía de apoyo psicosocial en Zika: para el voluntariado 
  Caja de herramientas de apoyo psicosocial en Zika
  New tool for psychosocial support in the context of zika virus (blog post, English)
  International Federation of the Red Cross 
• Perguntas e respostas - Microcefalia (Português)
  Portal da Saúde, Ministerio de Saúde, Brazil
• Virus del Zika (Español)
  Also available in English, Portuguese, French, and Kreyòl ayisyen.
  Hesperian Health Guides
• Información para el paciente: Infección del virus zika (Conceptos Básicos) (Español)
  Also available in English.
  UpToDate - Wolters Kluwer
• Virus Zika: Informação em Português
  World Health Organization

Resources for the General Public

• MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • Zika Virus
    Also available in Spanish: Virus del Zika
• HealthReach, U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • Zika
    Also available in Spanish, Portuguese, and other languages.
• Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • What Parents Need to Know About Zika Virus
    Also in Spanish.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Zika Virus: Communication Resources
• Hesperian Health Guides
  • Zika Virus
    Also available in Spanish, Portuguese, French and Kreyòl ayisyen.
• Pan American Health Organization
  • Zika Communication Materials
    Also available in Portuguese, French and Spanish.