@article{b6bc9548af0048428cee85c8f957111a,
title = "Prevention practices among United States pregnant women who travel to Zika Outbreak Areas",
abstract = "We surveyed pregnant women from the United States to assess the prevention practices they used when traveling to countries with ongoing Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreaks. Of the 749 who agreed to participate, 710 completed the survey's travel questions and 59 of those had traveled to a ZIKV outbreak area in the past 12 months. Only 43% of the women who had traveled to ZIKV outbreak areas reported frequently using mosquito repellant with 32% stating they did not use it at all. They also did not frequently use other recommended methods to prevent mosquito bites. With the established risks to babies born to women who contract the ZIKV during pregnancy, it is a great concern that a large number of women who travel to outbreak areas during pregnancy are not protecting themselves against mosquito bites. Pregnant women need to be educated on the importance of taking precautions.",
author = "Berenson, {Abbey B.} and Hirth, {Jacqueline M.} and Fangjian Guo and Fuchs, {Erika L.} and Weaver, {Scott C.}",
note = "Funding Information: Financial support: Drs. Fuchs and Guo are supported by an institutional research career development award (K12HD052023: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women{\textquoteright}s Health Program-BIRCWH; Berenson, PI) from the Office of Research on Women{\textquoteright}s Health (ORWH) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Fuchs also worked on the project as a postdoctoral fellow supported by an institutional training grant (National Research Service Award T32HD055163, Berenson, PI) from NIH/NICHD. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.4269/ajtmh.17-0595",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "98",
pages = "178--180",
journal = "American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene",
issn = "0002-9637",
publisher = "American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene",
number = "1",
}