“There is no vaccine available for Zika virus at this time, so it’s important for Ohioans traveling to Zika-affected countries to take steps to prevent mosquito bites, especially pregnant women”, Webb said.
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The state’s response to the Zika virus has dominated Scott’s office since he announced the first non-travel related cases on July 29.
Four more people in Miami have contracted the Zika virus after being bitten by infected mosquitoes, the Florida Department of Health announced on Tuesday, bringing the total number of locally transmitted cases in the United States up to 21. A relative of that mosquito is found in OH, and health officials say it could transmit the virus. He was referred to the Cayman Islands Hospital, where a sample was taken and sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing.
In other Zika news, Miami-Dade County’s mosquito control director said efforts to control Aedes aegypti mosquito populations in Miami through aerial spraying are going well, according to the Associated Press. “Our central mission from the beginning has been to do everything we can to protect unborn babies from the devastating effects in Zika”. Harris County has reported 31 Zika cases, including 14 in Houston. It was the first Zika-related death in Texas. All are related to traveling overseas in areas where the virus can be transmitted.
21 people in Florida have reportedly contracted the Zika virus which can bring cases of microcephaly into the US.
In Florida, leaders from both parties want Congress to return and allocate more dollars for Zika, including Senator Marco Rubio and Gov. Scott, both Republicans.
“We’ve probably seen an erosion of funding and an erosion of support at our local and county health departments”, Hill said of mosquito-surveillance programs.
The virus, which can cause birth defects, largely spreads through mosquitoes and can also spread through sexual contact. Pregnant women have been advised not to travel to Wynwood. Those numbers could grow. Some businesses there say they lost customers after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on August 1 posted the no-travel advisory, the first the agency had ever issued regarding visits to a region within the US mainland.
More than 7,300 Americans have been diagnosed with Zika, including 1,825 in the continental US and Hawaii, according to the CDC. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has been hoping states prepare for the virus, will likely spend its funding by the end of the year.
But based on their observations, the researchers say that “congenital Zika syndrome should be added to the differential diagnosis of congenital infections and arthrogryposis”.
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“Recent test results confirmed the baby’s condition and link to Zika”. Severe symptoms and fatalities are uncommon. But that hasn’t prevented a “good-sized uptick in calls about Zika” to A-1 Able Pest Doctors in Dayton, according to Robert McGee, the company’s entomologist.
