The Brazilian government decreed a state of emergency in November 2015 and has dispatched servicemen and women to search for and eliminate the Aedes aegypti mosquito’s possible breeding grounds.
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This 2006 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host. “We will be putting out this new kind of trap, and they will be collecting all those mosquitoes and sending them to us for identification”, Paskewitz said.
“We can’t spray our way out of this situation”, Shah told the summit.
The World Health Organization says there is now scientific consensus for the link between the Zika virus and the birth defect microcephaly. The virus has been blamed for birth defects in babies born of women infected with the virus, which is carried by mosquitos.
Today, more than 300 local, state, and federal government officials; health experts; and non-government partners are gathering at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prepare for the likelihood of mosquito-borne transmission of the Zika virus in some parts of the continental United States. ADHS advises us all to wear mosquito repellent and avoid bites at all cost.
LUCY CARTER: But Professor Scott Richie says the threat of Zika from sexual transmission isn’t high. But they don’t know for sure.
Zika is expected to reach southern USA states soon as temperatures rise in spring and summer months. “Residents should stay current on global travel alerts for countries where Zika virus is circulating, particularly women who are or may become pregnant”.
“We will ramp up efforts to prevent the Zika virus from spreading within the military, based on our experience of containing the MERS virus”, the ministry said.
Frieden said it’s very hard to predict what the pattern for this virus will be.
The Aedes mosquitoes usually lives in tropical countries, including American Samoa, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.
The new guidelines now stipulate every military unit to help with the efforts and also requires them to fumigate the barracks once or twice every month.
Spraying is done in neighborhoods with reports of mosquitoes. But it seems that information is not getting to the people who need it most.
San Diego County public health officials said the woman came down with the virus in February after having sex with a Zika-infected man who had just returned from a trip to Colombia.
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“Even if we take money from other pots, even if we make these choices, the money we have is not enough”. Congressional leaders have not formally voted on the request. Now, it takes between a few days to a week to get results.
