State Surgeon General and Secretary of Health Dr. John Armstrong urges Floridians to drain standing water weekly, no matter how seemingly small. Which country was not specified and no further details about the woman have been disclosed.
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Interestingly, they’ve also found that women can’t transmit Zika to their partners through intercourse and still find that the most common way to transmit Zika is getting bitten by mosquitos, though scientists are still researching transmission of the virus.
“This is the time of year when many MI residents are traveling to warmer climates”.
Go to the ODH website at http://www.odh.ohio.gov/zika for more information about Zika virus and links to CDC resources including travel advisories for countries where Zika virus transmission is ongoing. There have been rare reported cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome following Zika virus infection. Symptoms typically last between seven and 10 days. “We must provide answers for anxious moms-to-be and families who may experience signs and symptoms or may simply have travel history to endemic areas”. The state says the Ingham County woman was not pregnant.
The CDC warned that now there is no vaccine or treatment for Zika virus, the best way to avoid Zika virus infection is to prevent mosquito bites.
Three pregnant Floridians who have traveled to other counties have officially tested positive for the Zika virus, the Florida Department of Health reported Wednesday.
Katherine E. Fleming-Dutra, MD, from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues updated interim guidelines for US health care providers caring for infants with possible congenital Zika virus infection and for children with suspected infection.
At least 14 reports of sexually transmitted Zika virus cases are under investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Countries throughout the region have launched massive operations to eliminate pools of stagnant water where the mosquitoes, which also spread dengue and chikungunya viruses, can breed.
“Zika virus could therefore be transmitted sexually”.
According to the CDC, there have been 82 cases of travel-associated cases of Zika in the USA, but no locally-acquired cases.
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“These recommendations might seem extreme to people, but the truth of the matter is we don’t yet have good scientific data to say how long the virus may persist in semen”, McQuiston said.
