Cuban media are reporting that 21-year-old woman in Havana who has never been overseas, has been diagnosed with the Zika virus.
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“To date, a total of thirteen samples have been tested for Zika virus with only one being positive”, he said, while telling citizens that “there is no need for alarm”.
ODH will continue to forward all tests to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for confirmation, according to the news release.
Zika is being investigated as a possible agent in cases of microcephaly, a birth defect and condition in which babies are born with unusually small heads and brain damage, and also in cases of Guillain-Barre, a rare condition that sometimes results in temporary paralysis.
Accumulating evidence links maternal Zika virus infection with congenital microcephaly, miscarriages, and other adverse fetal outcomes.
In a new study, researchers looked at the risk of microcephaly in fetuses and newborns whose mothers are infected with Zika virus. Over that period, more than 31,000 people saw their doctor with suspected Zika virus infection. Technicians from the Oxitec laboratory located in Campinas, 100km from Sao Paulo, are releasing genetically modified mosquitoes Aedes Egypti to combat Zika virus.
Of people infected with the Zika virus, 80 percent do not have any symptoms, according the Ohio Department of Health.
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The statements were made in response to a question about the United Nations’ call for countries to allow abortion for women infected with Zika virus, as the virus causes fetal deformation. On Tuesday morning, Deputy Commissioner Juan Figueroa-Serville, CDC Communication Specialist Jessica Schindelar and Pastor Samuel Carrion were on local radio to share important zika prevention information with the Hispanic community. “Populations must be informed of the potential current and future risks of neurologic disorders, wherever the virus is being or could be locally transmitted and in other regions inhabited by the mosquito vectors”. “If that is the case, we urge you to research the area in which you’ll be traveling”. The most common symptoms include fever, rash, joint pain or red eyes. Men who have traveled to an area of active Zika virus transmission should use condoms every time during sex or abstain from sexual activity if their partner is pregnant.
