MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 Oct 21;65(41):1146-1147. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6541a4.
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.
2015 年 12 月至 2016 年 1 月期间，美属萨摩亚卫生部（ASDoH）通过监测发现急性发热性皮疹疾病病例数增加。同时，据报道，一名实验室确诊的寨卡病毒感染旅行者从美属萨摩亚返回新西兰，该旅行者感染了寨卡病毒，这种由蚊子传播的黄病毒感染会导致一些孕妇所生婴儿出现小头畸形和其他严重的大脑缺陷（1,2）。由于当地缺乏检测寨卡病毒的实验室能力，ASDoH 启动了虫媒病控制措施，包括公众教育和病媒来源减少运动。2 月 1 日，美国疾病控制与预防中心的工作人员被部署到美属萨摩亚，以协助 ASDoH 进行检测和监测工作。
