So far, the almost 1,700 Zika infections reported in the United States mainly have been linked to travel to countries with Zika outbreaks in Latin America or the Caribbean.
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The virus is mainly spread through mosquitoes, but sexual transmission of the Zika virus is more common than previously thought, according to the health organization.
Bonn said most travelers to Florida aren’t planning to visit the area of Miami known as Wynwood, where state Department of Health officials believe people have been infected with Zika through mosquito bites.
Cases of babies born with deformed heads linked to Zika have been confirmed only in Brazil and French Polynesia, though officials expect reports from other countries once the virus has been circulating long enough to affect pregnant women.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – CNN has learned there are now 41 members of the military who have been diagnosed with the Zika virus since testing began earlier this year.
Concerns are up over Zika-trasmitting mosquitoes after more consistent monsoon activity in our state.
We also know how Zika is transmitted – through mosquito bites, sex and blood transfusions – incidents or activities over which we have relative control.
The only area with active transmission of the virus is the one-square mile area in Wynwood, the department stressed.
Those infected may not experience symptoms, but may see mild illness for two to seven days with fever, joint and muscle pain, skin rash, and redness of the eyes.
“The way that will happen is not by the spread of mosquitoes themselves, but by the movement of infected people”, he said.
The Aedes aegypti mosquito can breed in just a bottle cap of standing water.
Now there is no vaccine or treatment for the Zika virus.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides more on Zika virus. It was important to me that Texas be as prepared as possible for this fast spreading virus.
Zika infections in pregnant women can cause severe brain-related birth defects.
There is plenty of blame that can be leveled against environmentalists, politicians, and businesses that have tried to minimize the impact of the Zika epidemic.
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Fatima Marinho, director of information and health analysis at Brazil’s ministry of health, told the scientific journal Nature last month that the distribution of cases suggests Zika is not the only factor in the country’s microcephaly surge.
