TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State and county agencies are joining with university laboratories in searching for ways to make sure the Zika virus doesn’t take hold in Kansas.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has started a statewide surveillance program to monitor the mosquitoes that spread the virus, and it’s preparing to release a plan of action.

The Biosecurity Research Institute at Kansas State University has increased research on the virus, and the Shawnee County Health Agency has created an awareness program to deter any further increase of Zika virus cases in the state.

Five individuals have been diagnosed with the Zika virus in Kansas, with all of those cases travel-related.

There have been 820 cases of Zika virus in the U.S.