The department will not report where the babies were born.
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Severe microcephaly can involve brain damage.
The state health department now says there are 46 confirmed Zika cases in IL.
This week, the CDC awarded more than $16 million in grants to 40 states and territories to create a system to monitor and provide health services for infants born with the condition and their families.
Just one case of travel-related Zika has been found on the Central Coast, in Monterey County. Pregnant women are scrambling to get tested.
The mosquito-borne virus is of particular concern for pregnant women, as the virus can cause microcephaly and other neurological birth defects in infants. That person was male, said the county’s Director of Disease Control Barbara Cole. They also conduct courtesy yard inspection of people in the vicinity of those who have tested positive for Zika. None were pregnant women, said county Department of Public Health spokeswoman Claudia Doyle.
The Zika virus has spread through South America and the USA territories where it’s been transmitted primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito, called Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus.
As of July 29, there had been 114 cases of Zika registered in 22 counties in California, all of them linked with travel to zones affected by the virus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that all pregnant women in the United States be tested for the Zika virus as cases continue to climb across the country, including19 cases confirmed in MI.
If mosquitoes do spread Zika here, transmission is expected to be very limited, Smith said. For this to occur, a person infected with Zika would need to enter California with the virus still circulating in his or her blood; an Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus mosquito would need to bite this person and ten days later, the mosquito would be infectious.
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The virus circulates about seven days. In both cases, the mothers contracted the virus while pregnant, after spending time in a country where Zika is spreading. “Pregnant women should avoid travel to that area”, said Dr. Nirav D. Shah.
