dr. anne schuchat. the deputy principal director for the cdc. she has served a number of the centers for disease control. people haveuchat: been following the situation and we are trying to do everything we can to protect pregnant woman. leave pregnant woman to deliver a baby with a devastating condition where the child may never be able to walk, talk or care for themselves. mosquito season is here. cases are increasing. in puerto rico, more than 1.1% of blood donors had an evidence in that week, a single week. and we know that in the southern states, it is arriving. following 500 pregnant women in the united states, in the territories and the states, who have the zika infection in pregnancy. be able to states to detect, respond and prevent infections. we need to strengthen surveillance for the disease with mosquitoes. we need to do everything we can to control the mosquitoes to make sure that travelers and loved ones have the information they need to protect themselves. with communication, laboratory response, communication about what does an d

dr. schuchat do you have anything to add to that question in the primary gaps in research?>> i echo the idea that this is a critical time because studies that are carried out right now could really help us guide the response and get critical information to people who are scared for trying to protect themselves and their families. a couple of other areas that i think are quite important. one is the persistence of the virus and different body sites are right in our precondition about sexual transmission are based on very little information about how long the virus can persist. whether it's the pregnancy and the harms of that causes in understanding whether the virus eventually does clear and whether the issue of sexual transmission can have more evidence-based guidelines. another area is the work on diagnostics. i'm very proud of my cdc laboratory scientist who has developed rapidly a couple of different diagnostic tests and shared them and commercial companies are developing similar once or using hours but what would be better diagnostics so it woman can know i already have