The illness, while generally not life-threatening, has been linked to the birth defect microcephaly, which causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads.
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All seven had traveled to one of the countries with widespread Zika, which includes Central and South America and the Caribbean.
There have now been 11 cases of Zika virus infection among NY residents. 5, 2016, USA health officials said men who have been to a Zika outbreak region should use condoms if they have sex with a pregnant woman – for the entire duration of the pregnancy.
The Rockland County woman was diagnosed with Zika after returning home from the trip, according to county Executive Ed Day and Health Commissioner Patricia Schnabel Ruppert. The city will continue to monitor the potential spread of Zika in the capital and update the fact sheet as needed.
The Zika virus has also been found in Miami-Dade, Broward, Hillsborough, Lee and Santa Rosa counties.
Three cases of the Zika virus have been reported in D.C., all from people who traveled outside of the United States, the city’s health department said.
Active Zika virus has been detected in saliva and urine, a Brazilian public health institute said Friday, posing new questions for researchers trying to understand how the virus could spread.
In 2014, four cases of Zika virus infection were diagnosed in NSW in people who had recently travelled from Cook Islands.
The CDC said this is the first time in 70-years, since the emergence of rubella; we’ve had a new virus able to cause so much harm to unborn babies.
One involved a man spreading the virus to a woman and their sexual contact occurred a few days before the man’s symptom onset.
Pregnant women have been advised to seek prenatal care and take extra care in order to avoid exposure to mosquito bites with preventive measures and to avoid any possible mother-to-child transmission.
The Zika virus is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also spreads dengue fever and the chikungunya virus.
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The people most seriously affected are pregnant women and their fetuses.
