The state is also investigating cases of locally transmitted infections in Pinellas and Palm Beach counties that were confirmed this week.
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There are no reported cases of the virus being transported locally.
“Zika virus is a relatively new disease for the Western hemisphere”.
Harvard Health reports that Zika may have “arrived in Brazil during the 2014 World Cup, or during the 2014 world championships of Polynesian outrigger canoe racing, which took place in Rio de Janeiro”.
Although Scott asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for 5,000 antibody tests for Zika virus last week, the CDC only has the capacity to test 3,595 people.
Health officials say red eyes and rash can be good indicators you need to see a doctor. Another failure to combat the Zika virus is unacceptable when Congress returns to Capitol Hill.
Dr. Mary Ashley Cain, an OBGYN at the University of South Florida who specializes in high risk pregnancies, has cared for pregnant woman with travel-related cases of Zika.
While mosquitoes that can carry the virus have been found in 12 California counties, there is no evidence these mosquitoes are transmitting Zika in the state at this time.
As of August 19, CDPH has confirmed 170 travel-associated Zika virus infections in 26 counties. However, two new travel-related cases in Broward were announced today, along with 13 others in Orange, Polk, Broward, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco and Volusia counties. Because of this, the health department encourages anyone who has traveled to an area where Zika is present to get tested for the virus.
Zika is spread primarily by mosquito bites, as well as sex.
“Since Congress made a decision to go on a seven-week vacation, the state of Florida has been hard at work combating the Zika virus”.
Only one in five people exposed to the virus usually develop any symptoms, which are usually mild and last from a few days to a week after infection.
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“From an imaging standpoint, the abnormalities in the brain are very severe when compared to other congenital infections”, report co-author Dr. Deborah Levine said in a news release from the journal Radiology, which published the findings August 23. Partners of pregnant women are advised to use a condom to guard against sexual transmission during pregnancy.
