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Texas' Zika Numbers Are Way Lower Than Florida's ? But Why?
By ASHLEY LOPEZ ? 2 HOURS AGO
Texas has roughly seven million more people than Florida. Based simply on probability, Texas would be expected to have more Zika cases ? but it doesn?t. Right now, Texas has recorded 46 cases of the virus, while Florida has reported 183. There are countless possible reasons for why this could be happening. University of Florida Professor Phil Koehler suspects it?s ?probably a combination of surveillance and people cooperating with the surveillance, and also the vast number of guests that we have coming in from countries that have Zika epidemics coming on.?
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But the Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Dr. Peter Hotez, is not convinced travel patterns tell the whole story of why Florida has, or has found, more cases of Zika so far.
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?There have been states of emergency for public health declared in at least 20 counties in Florida,? Koehler said. ?So, that means there have been special efforts to try to find and diagnose cases as fast as they can.?
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http://kut.org/post/texas-zika-numbers-are-way-lower-floridas-why
By ASHLEY LOPEZ ? 2 HOURS AGO
Texas has roughly seven million more people than Florida. Based simply on probability, Texas would be expected to have more Zika cases ? but it doesn?t. Right now, Texas has recorded 46 cases of the virus, while Florida has reported 183. There are countless possible reasons for why this could be happening. University of Florida Professor Phil Koehler suspects it?s ?probably a combination of surveillance and people cooperating with the surveillance, and also the vast number of guests that we have coming in from countries that have Zika epidemics coming on.?
...
But the Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Dr. Peter Hotez, is not convinced travel patterns tell the whole story of why Florida has, or has found, more cases of Zika so far.
...
?There have been states of emergency for public health declared in at least 20 counties in Florida,? Koehler said. ?So, that means there have been special efforts to try to find and diagnose cases as fast as they can.?
...
http://kut.org/post/texas-zika-numbers-are-way-lower-floridas-why