It said men with a pregnant partner who live in or have travelled to an area of active Zika transmission and their partner should consistently and correctly use condoms during sex or abstain for the duration of the pregnancy.
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Nebraska has received its first reports of travel-related Zika virus in the state, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday night.
Scientists at the Fiocruz institute say they’re trying to determine if the body fluids can spread Zika to new patients.
The Zika virus usually results in mild symptoms, including fever, rash and fatigue that resolve in approximately one week.
The health agency also on Friday updated its guidelines for testing and monitoring pregnant women who have traveled to Zika areas. One case was spread from a man to a woman, before the man showed any symptoms.
The condition of the infected pregnant woman’s unborn baby is not presently known, reports Fox 5. Pregnant women, on the other hand, need to take note given what we know about the disease and its potential links to microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Zika, which is transmitted by mosquitos, has few effects on most peoplebut is believed to be responsible for serious birth defects in babies born to infected mothers.
We look at the spread of the Zika virus, which scientists have linked to rising temperatures from global warming because of the increased incidence of mosquito-borne infections.
Gavel said more tests need to be carried out to definitively confirm the above-mentioned hypothesis.
The CDC is warning pregnant women against travel to affected areas, and health officials in several of the affected countries are telling women there to avoid becoming pregnant.
Tom Frieden, director of the CDC, told reporters Friday that the guidelines are focused on preventing transmission to pregnant women due to the unsafe birth defects associated with the virus.
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The South Texas Blood and Tissue Center is asking people who have traveled to Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean and Mexico, to postpone donating blood for almost a month after returning.
