“The primary transmission route of Zika virus is via the Aedes mosquito”.
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While experts agree mosquitoes remain the main concern, recent studies indicate that women have been infected with the virus more often than men have, possibly because of sexual transmission.
More than 60 countries and territories have continuing Zika transmission from local mosquitoes.
The WHO also recommended yesterday that people in Zika-hit areas be offered a full range of contraception options in order “to make an informed choice about whether and when to become pregnant”.
Hence, the possibility is that Zika might be spreading when they come into contact with tears of infected people. Sexual transmission is probably not playing a major role, but it could be some other body fluids – saliva, or urine or tears.
Many people infected with Zika won’t have symptoms or will only have mild ones – a fever, rash and muscle/joint aches.
Earlier in the week, the Philippines reported its sixth case of Zika virus in the person of a 45-year-old female from Iloilo City.
Zika can be found in the blood and it can stay in a man’s semen for months.
No Zika infection cases have been found, said the Guangdong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.
Michael Diamond, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and one of the study’s senior authors, in the press release called Zika’s spread explosive.
“And if you use the eye as a model to study drug delivery or drug efficacy, you could then use the knowledge you gain to treat viral infection in other places”.
The discovery from tests on mouse fetuses, newborns and adults may help explain why some people infected with Zika develop eye disease that puts them at risk for permanent vision loss. CDC officials know of 23 sexually transmitted cases in the continental United States. The seventh new case is associated with a new investigation in Miami-Dade County, Florida Health said in a daily update. Though in most affected people, the virus merely causes some light symptoms like fever and rashes, pregnant women have much more reason to be anxious.
Zika has spread across much of Latin America and the Caribbean. At 3 months and 1 month of age, the babies’ neurologic systems are so far developing normally. They’re also be cracking down on tires and trash, breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
The warning comes after the Australian government warned pregnant women to defer non-essential travel to Singapore as the number of confirmed cases of Zika virus there rose.
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Sexual transmission of Zika had been reported in 11 countries by August, mainly through vaginal intercourse.
