The Zika virus is a mosquito-borne illness that was first discovered in 1947.
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Conspiracies emerging whenever there is a virus outbreak is normal. Though a cause-and-effect link has not been proven, many public health experts fear the virus can cause microcephaly, a condition that causes babies to be born with permanent brain damage and very small heads.
“One of the important things to know is that this is just one case”, said Kelly Crain of the Waco-McLennan County Public Health District.
Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa is authorizing the registry of laboratory tests that can detect the dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses. However, no recommendations were made Monday to restrict travel or trade, the Associated Press reported. Last year, Zika appeared in Brazil, where more than a million people have been infected, and it has already spread to more than two dozen countries in South and Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Dow Jones transportation average ended 2.9 percent lower following news of the first USA transmission of the Zika virus. The first is the specific mosquito species that spreads the virus.
Most people infected with Zika experience, at the most, only mild symptoms. Dengue infects as many as 400 million people a year, with a quarter of them sick enough to be hospitalized.
Etienne said her organization provided $850,000 to help countries fight Zika but that 10 times that amount would be needed.
Underlining Costello’s point, Thai officials announced a man had contracted the virus in the country.
Health officials have confirmed 404 cases of microcephaly in Brazil and are investigating another suspected 3,670 cases, the health ministry said in a statement late on Tuesday.
The list includes three United States territories: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa. But as with DDT, there’s still the issue of insects developing resistance, so new insecticides must continually be developed, he said.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared an emergency.
The new infections bring the number of Zika cases in Florida to nine.
As for the appropriate reaction in the United States of America, it’s worth noting that while Ebola was an epidemic in Africa, it was never much of a threat to this country.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Nila F. Moeloek said the government had warned Indonesian nationals against traveling to areas prone to the virus.
Monica Roa, vice president of strategy and external relations at the global rights group Women’s Link Worldwide, which has regional offices in Latin America and Europe, said the burden should not rest on women alone. There is no vaccine or treatment for Zika.
There have been no outbreaks of Zika virus in the United States so far.
In addition, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has urged pregnant women to consider delaying travel to locations with ongoing Zika transmissions, added Jamaica and Tonga to its travel alert.
Mexico has launched a radio and television ad campaign to encourage pregnant women to take measures to avoid getting Zika.
Some countries in the region have advised women to delay pregnancy, and the CDC advises pregnant women to delay travel to those areas where Zika is spreading. The second is the conditions in communities; places that are crowded and don’t have air conditioning enable viruses such as Zika to spread. “Symptoms typically last a couple of days, up to a week”.
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The rapid spread of Zika has raised concerns among the Rio Olympic organising committee.
