Two other state residents were previously diagnosed with the virus.
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“We had expected to see a case appear in SC eventually as more people vacation to countries where the Zika virus is actively spreading”, said Dr. Teresa Foo, DHEC medical consultant.
Several countries have also reported an increase in Guillain-Barré syndrome – a neurological disorder that can lead to paralysis and death, the United Nations said.
As of Thursday afternoon, there had been 102 cases of Zika virus in Florida.
While so far there have been no locally transmitted Zika cases in the continental United States, Mujica is now one of 44 pregnant women in the USA who have tested positive for Zika after traveling outside the country.
Collaborating with neighbors to encourage them to drain water sources is also important, he said.
But he said the county should be capable of mounting a good Zika response if it get the Ohio EPA money, which Hanna said he expects to get.
The current Zika virus outbreak started in Brazil in the spring of 2015 and has since spread across Latin America and the Caribbean.
The latest case raises the number of confirmed infections in South Korea to four.
The data prove the disease is “still spreading” and Congress “must act to help stop it”, Schumer said. It is unknown how likely a pregnant woman is to contract the virus, or how likely it is to pass to her fetus, and they don’t know when the fetus will develop birth defects if infected.
SUNY Upstate Medical University conducts work and research in solving serious health issues facing women and children, Schumer explained.
There is no specific treatment for the virus and there is now no vaccine to protect against infection, though several are in the developmental stages.
The program is part of Upstate’s Center for Global Health & Translational Science.
Dr. Richard Brunader, medical director at the University Health Center, said the danger of the Zika virus is not to be overlooked although it now does not present an active threat directly to UO students. Endy is also chief of the department’s infectious-disease division.
Eliminating breeding spots and controlling mosquito populations can help prevent the spread of the virus.
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Concerns that mosquitoes will eventually become primary carriers here stem from the prevalence of a species known as Aedes aegypti, “which thrives in urban areas by laying eggs in discarded food containers and old tires”, according to an April 29 Washington Post report.
