It remains unclear exactly how the Zika virus, which could infect millions within the year according to health experts, is transmitted and whether it can possibly be transmitted through sexual intercourse.
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Martino added that “most cases will be transmitted via mosquito, and this form of sexual transmission is likely to be a rare occurrence of infection”.
Prof Jonathan Ball, a virologist at the University of Nottingham, told the BBC: “Because we can detect a virus in a particular body fluid it does not mean that it will become an important source of virus for transmission to humans”.
Pour outlined the signs and symptom of the Zika Virus, saying they include high fever, a rash and muscle pain. In most people, it causes mild or no symptoms.
In the case, a man who travelled to Venezuela passed Zika to his partner after he returned to Texas.
Health officials are watching for a potential rise in microcephaly in other nations in Latin America and the Caribbean region, where the virus has spread, he said. It holds little danger for most people but has been linked to a surge in cases of microcephaly, a condition which causes babies to develop abnormally small heads, leading to permanent disability or death. It was the first time during the current global epidemic that Zika had spread within the United States.
Both people involved are females in their 20s who recently traveled to Zika-affected countries.
West Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina have issued advisories for the Zika virus, urging caution, particularly for pregnant women traveling to areas where the disease is circulating. And the third case of the Zika virus was found in a man’s semen, though he had no sexual partners.
This involves spraying a simple insecticide inside the aircraft to reduce the risk of passengers being bitten by any mosquitoes that could have entered the aircraft.
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“We’re not aware of any other mosquito-borne disease with such devastating outcomes” of birth defects, Frieden said. If that happens, the chief medical officer for America’s Blood Centers said testing donor blood for the presence of Zika virus would be considered.
