Zika infection has been associated with microcephaly, a congenital birth defect marked by small head size and underdeveloped brains, and the precautions are meant to prevent transmission of the virus to pregnant women or to healthcare workers whose partners may be pregnant.
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A Bangladeshi man, who hasn’t been overseas, was confirmed to be a carrier of the virus after blood tests. “His family has also tested negative of Zika virus”.
China Medical University Hospital Division of Contagious Diseases division chief Wang Jen-hsien (王任賢) said there are fewer mosquitoes in South Korea due to the cooler temperatures, but mosquito species such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus can transmit the dengue virus as well as the Zika virus, so if an infection case enters Taiwan, the likeliness of an outbreak is higher than in South Korea. CDC director Jung Ki-suk said in a press briefing that the person does not need to be isolated from other patients but he remains hospitalized considering it is the first confirmed case. “We even did not find any unusual births while tracing this “. “May be somebody brought it while travelling”. A World Health Organization team is now in Cabo Verde to investigate the country’s first reported case of microcephaly.
Brazil, which is grappling to contain the spread of the virus, has even passed a law allowing the mosquito control authorities to enter the private houses and spray insecticides, if needed.
“These meetings help answer pressing scientific questions and gather advice on the best ways to respond to a situation that is rapidly evolving”, Dr. Chan underlined, noting that there is now scientific consensus that Zika virus is implicated in the neurological disorders. The most common symptoms are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis. The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week after being bitten by an infected mosquito. There is no vaccine for the disease.
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And Dr George Warimwe, from the Jenner Institute in the Nuffield Department of Medicine, will study the transmission of Zika in an area of East Africa, providing vital information on how the disease spreads.
