For Health Care Providers | Zika virus | CDC

For Health Care Providers | Zika virus | CDC

For Health Care Providers:  What You Need to Know about Zika Virus

Get the latest information on clinical evaluation of Zika, diagnostic testing, and tools for health care providers so that you can help prevent the spread of the disease.  Learn about sexual transmission of Zika virus, ways to prevent transmission of the virus in labor and delivery settings, estimating contraceptive needs, and more.  Learn More >>

Sexual Transmission

• UPDATE: Interim Guidance for Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus – United States, 2016 (March 25, 2016)
• HAN Advisory: Interim Guidelines for Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus — United States, 2016 (Feb. 23, 2016)
• Interim Guidelines for Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus – United States, 2016 (Feb. 12, 2016)
• Zika and Sexual Transmission

For Obstetrical Health Care Providers

• Preventing Transmission of Zika Virus in Labor and Delivery Settings Through Implementation of Standard Precautions — United States, 2016(March 25, 2016)
• UPDATE: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers Caring for Women of Reproductive Age with Possible Zika Virus Exposure – United States, 2016 (March 25, 2016)
• Estimating Contraceptive Needs and Increasing Access to Contraception in Response to the Zika Virus Disease Outbreak – Puerto Rico, 2016(March 25, 2016)
• COCA Call: Update on Interim Zika Virus Clinical Guidance and Recommendations (Feb. 25, 2016)
• UPDATE: Interim Guidelines for Health Care Providers Caring for Pregnant Women and Women of Reproductive Age with Possible Zika Virus Exposure – United States, 2016 (Feb. 5, 2016)
• Interim Guidelines for Pregnant Women During a Zika Virus Outbreak—United States, 2016 (Jan. 22, 2016)
• Questions and Answers for Healthcare Providers Caring for Pregnant Women and Women of Reproductive Age with Possible Zika Virus Exposure

For Pediatric Health Care Providers

• COCA Call: Update on Interim Zika Virus Clinical Guidance and Recommendations (Feb. 25, 2016)
• UPDATE: Interim Guidelines for Healthcare Providers Caring for Infants and Children with Possible Zika Virus Infection – United States, February 2016 (Feb. 19, 2016)
• Questions and Answers for Healthcare Providers Caring for Infants and Children with Possible Zika Virus Infection
• Interim Guidelines for the Evaluation and Testing of Infants with Possible Congenital Zika Virus Infection – United States, 2016 (Jan. 29, 2016)

Additional Resources

• Trioplex Real-time RT-PCR Assay Emergency Use Authorization
• Zika MAC-ELISA Emergency Use Authorization
• CDC Expert Commentary on Medscape: 10 Questions About Zika
• MMWR Zika Reports
• CDC’s Health Alert Network
• CDC’s Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Calls/Webinars