DOWN MORE THAN 1%.
>>> A FEW OR YOUR FRIENDS ARE
PLANNING TROPICAL VACATIONS THIS
WINTER OR THIS SPRING, THERE ARE
NEW ZIKA GUIDELINES EVERYONE
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.
>> GETTING TESTED FOR THAT
PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT MIGHT NOT
BE AS SIMPLE AS YOU THINK.
>> WHAT'S BEHIND THE TESTING
DELAYS AND WHY SOME ARE BEING TURNED AWAY EVEN IF THEY HAVE
SYMPTOMS.
>> REPORTER: FEAR OF SPREADING
WATER BOURN DISEASES IN HAITI.
DR. BARBARA OF INDIANA WESLEYAN
UNIVERSITY MARION IS THERE,
RIGHT IN THE THICK OF ZIKA
RESEARCH.
SHE'S GOT A VESTED INTEREST AS A
NURSING INSTRUCTOR AND AS THE
FIRST PERSON IN INDIANA
DIAGNOSED WITH THE ZIKA VIRUS.
SHE'S ALSO ONE OF 600 PEOPLE
TESTED FOR THE VIRUS HERE IN
INDIANA THIS YEAR.
>> I WALKED INTO THE HEALTH
CENTER AND I SAID, I THINK I
HAVE ZIKA BECAUSE I HAD SEEN IT
IN HAITI AND HAD ALL THE CLASSIC
SYMPTOMS. >> REPORTER: BACK IN JANUARY,
LESS THAN A WEEK FROM RETURNING
HAITI, SHE SOUGHT TREATMENT FOR
A HEADACHE, JOINT PAIN AND A
RASH.
10 DAYS LATER A BLOOD DRAW SENT
TO THE CDC CONFIRMS SHE WAS
INECT IFED.
HER ENTIRE ZIKA-TESTING PROCESS
TOOK OVER TWO WEEKS.
13 INVESTIGATES HAS DISCOVERED
ITS NOT BEEN SO HASSLE FREE.
SOME WERE DENIED TRESSING, WHILE
TESTING FOR OTHERS DRAGGED ON
FOR MONTHS.
13 INVESTIGATES WENT LOOKING FOR
ANSWERS.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH DR. VIRGINIA
CANE DOING ROUNDS.
THE MARION COUNTY HEALTH
DIRECTOR SPECIALIZES IN
INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INCLUDING
ZIKA.
>> WE HAVE 13 PATIENTS HERE IN
MARION COUNTY.
EIGHT OF THEM ARE FEMALES.
FIVE OF THEM ARE MALES.
WE KNOW THAT THE VIRUS CAN LAST
LONGER IN A MALE'S SEMEN THAN IN
THE BLOOD, SO WE'RE VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
>> REPORTER: DR. CANE SAYS MORE
DIAGNOSIS START WITH A TRIP TO
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
ONE COUPLE WHO WANTS TO REMAIN
ANONYMOUS SAYS THEY WERE DENIED
ZIKA TESTING.
AFTER RETURNING HOME ALARM SET
IN.
THE HUSBAND WHO HAD BEEN BITTEN
BY A MOSQUITO BEGAN EXPERIENCING
AT LEAST ONE SYMPTOM.
HE ALSO LEARNED HIS WIFE WAS
PREGNANT.
WHILE HIS PRIVATE PHYSICIAN
ORDERED A ZIKA TEST HE SAYS THE
INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH WOULD NOT SIGN OFF ON THE
TESTING UNDER GUIDANCE FROM THE
CDC.
NO ONE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH WOULD TALK ABOUT IT,
CITING HEALTH PRIVACY.
DR. CANE WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH
THE PROCESS REVEALED WHILE SOME
ARE BEING TURNED AWAY.
>> SO JUST THE FEVER ALONE WILL
NOT TRIGGER A TEST JUST BECAUSE
YOU'VE TRAVELED TO A COUNTRY AND
YOU MAY HAVE BEEN BITTEN BY A
MOSQUITO.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO OR
THREE OF THE SYMPTOMS.
>> REPORTER: AND THAT'S NOT JUST
A REQUIREMENT IN INDIANA.
IT'S HAPPENING NATIONWIDE.
DR. CANE SAYS THE CDC HAS
ADOPTED MORE STRICT CRITERIA.
>> THEY WERE GETTING A LARGE
NUMBER OF NEGATIVE TESTS.
>> REPORTER: AND THEN THERE'S
THE CASE OF A 44-YEAR-OLD
NON-PREGNANT HAMILTON COUNTY
WOMAN WHO GOT SICK AFTER BEING
BITTEN BY A MOSQUITO DURING A
JAMAICAN VACATION IN MARCH.
TEN DAYS AFTER RETURNING HOME
SHE SUFFERED AN EVALUATED FEVER,
ACHING JOINTS AND A RASH.
ON APRIL 5TH HER DOCTOR ORDERED
TWO ZIKA TESTS AND SENT HER TO
HER COUNTY LAB.
THE COUNTY SAID IT WAS NOT
EQUIPPED FOR TESTING.
IT HAD TO BE COORDINATED THROUGH
THE STATE.
NOT EVEN AN INDEPENDENT LAB WAS
PREPARED FOR THE TEST.
A WEEK LATER SHE MADE CONTACT
WITH THE STATE AND TOLD THEY
WOULD HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH
THE CDC.
IN FACT, NO ONE HAD A TEST FOR HER TO TAKE FOR THE NEXT 16
WEEKS. THAT'S RIGHT.
16 WEEKS PASSED BEFORE THE STATE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT CALLED TO TELL
HER SHE COULD FINALLY GO GET
TESTED FOR ZIKA.
SHE WENT TO A LAB AUGUST 1ST.
SHE HAD NO IDEA THE CDC
CONTACTED THE STATE ABOUT HER
RESULTS, AUGUST 4TH.
THE CDC TURN AROUND WAS IN
KEEPING WITH ITS THREE-DAY
PROMISE, BUT NO ONE BOTHERED TO
CALL HER.
HAMILTON COUNTY WAS ALERTED TO
THE RESULTS 12 DAYS LATER.
FINALLY THE NEXT DAY SHE WAS
NOTIFIED. THE TEST MARKER WAS POSITIVE FOR
ZIKA.
>> SO FROM MARCH TO AUGUST TO
FIND OUT THAT SHE WAS POSITIVE
FOR THE ZIKA VIRUS.
DOES THAT SEEM LIKE AN ABNORMAL
AMOUNT OF TIME TO TAKE TO --
>> THAT'S A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
>> REPORTER: UNDER CDC PROPERTY
PROPERTY -- PROTOCOL THE LONGEST A PATIENT SHOULD WAKE WAS ABOUT
TWO WEEKS.
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT LOG JAM
IN TESTING AND TELLS 13
INVESTIGATES UNTIL JULY ALL ZIKA
SPECIMENS HAD TO GO TO THE CDC
BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WAS THE
ONLY LAB IN THE U.S. THAT COULD
PROVIDE THE TESTING.
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TELT SAYS
IT'S ONLY OFFERING ONE KIND OF
TEST AND THAT HAS DRASTICALLY
REDUCED DELAYS IN THE PROCESS.
DR. CANE SAYS ZIKA IS
FRIGHTENING ENOUGH WITHOUT
TESTING DELAYS, ESPECIALLY FOR
PREGNANT MOMS WORRIED ABOUT
THEIR BABY.
SO FAR IN MARION COUNTY NONE OF
THE ZIKA CASES HAVE RESULTED IN
ANY ADVERSE AFFECTS.
THREE OF THE FOUR PREGNANT MOMS
DIAGNOSED HAVE GIVEN BIRTH AND
THEIR BABIES SHOW NO SIGNS OF
ZIKA.
THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE BABY OVER THE NEXT
12 MONTHS.
SO FAR ALL OF INDIANA'S ZIKA
CASES ARE TRAVEL RELATED.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN
$4 MILLION TO HELP DIAGNOSE AND
TEST FOR ZIKA.
IN ADDITION TO THE LOG JAM SOME
PAST DELAYS WERE CAUSED BY
PROVIDERS NOT FOLLOWING
GUIDELINES.
AT LEAST THREE MARION COUNTY MEN
DIAGNOSED WITH ZIKA ARE HELPING