Zika virus is prevalent mostly in South and Latin America, so you’ll want to focus your attention to those regions.
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Pregnant women or women hoping to get pregnant are advised to be extra cautious, Werner said.
“We are strongly recommending that pregnant women and spouses or sexual partners of women who are pregnant or might be pregnant, avoid traveling to areas where Zika virus has been identified, if at all possible”, said Oklahoma State Epidemiologist Dr. Kristy Bradley in the release.
Sridhar claimed a major problem in responding to the Ebola outbreak had been a failure to share information within the research and public health community, leading to problems with treating the virus and preventing it spreading.
As many people have no symptoms while carrying the Zika virus, blood and sperm donation centres are taking precautions so as not to risk infecting anyone further with the virus.
The center said around 600 experts would meet to “review the Zika virus infection situation in the Americas and to review surveillance and control measures”. “We have educational materials from the CDC; education revolves around prevention, keeping yourself safe, and not traveling to areas with known Zika outbreaks”. S. could see dozens or scores of individuals affected, Reuters reported (via Huffington Post) earlier this week.
However, Sridhar warned there would be more United Kingdom cases of Zika than of Ebola, which saw Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey treated in hospitals in Glasgow and London after contracting the virus in Sierra Leone.
“We continue to be learning (about the virus) pretty much every day”. “During a response to a public health concern like Zika virus, timely and accurate testing is of the utmost importance, and now our state public health laboratory can help provide that”. Amidst fears of the virus reaching North America, the CDC has urged states to prepare for “widespread local transmission in the continental US”. “There is a cycle or chain of events that can cause the spread of disease in multiple ways”. Babies with microcephaly will have smaller head sizes and their brains may not develop properly.
Each year, during rainy seasons, outbreaks of mosquito-transmitted viruses like dengue and chikungunya get a spike in numbers. People who do have symptoms have reported fever, rash, joint pain, and red eyes.
“The main objective of our research is to inform people that there is a Zika virus NS1 protein that can be used as an important virus locator in the future”.
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Zika has also been linked to cases of autoimmune diseases in adults.
