These mosquitoes also carry dengue fever and chikungunya.
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Those locations in the Wynwood neighborhood in northern Miami and in the town of Miami Beach are now being sprayed with insecticide in order to diminish the population of the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that spread the Zika virus.
“If you have them, make sure you take care of them”, she said. “We are not hiding anything so I don’t think it should raise any concern”, he said in early September.
Public Health England figures show there have been 117 confirmed cases of Zika in the United Kingdom in the same period.
Residents and visitors with questions regarding Zika can call the Zika Virus Information Hotline at 1-855-622-6735.
The Zika virus is caused by a virus transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
James O’Neal, speaking after the agency’s monthly board meeting on Tuesday, said that, should the virus start spreading here, the state has teams of people ready to rapidly deploy to areas where cases pop up.
“Patient A was known to have had close contact (i.e., kissing and hugging) with the index patient while the index patient’s viral load was found to be very high”, CDC researchers said in the report.
Zika remains an enigmatic virus, which makes it hard to predict its likely economic impact.
The doctors cited a recent study showing Zika might affect the adult brain.
State Surgeon General Celeste Philip has said that, similar to HIV reporting, Florida’s method for documenting local Zika infections adheres to standards set by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The infection has also been confirmed in two new pregnant women on the island bringing the cumulative total to 22 pregnant women who contracted Zika during their pregnancy and for which a biological research was prescribed.
We will update this story as more details become available.
“Moreover, the presence of Zika virus in the genital tract supports the recommendation of safe sex practice for women returning home from areas with ongoing Zika virus transmission”, they added.
There is now no cure or vaccine for Zika, and, according to Thevarajan, “Good surveillance is the first step towards having an appropriate response… so control measures would focus on vector control and elimination or breeding areas, use of insecticides and trying to interrupt the breeding cycle”.
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“Whenever there’s any outbreak, hospitals will get higher traffic”, said Montes Rattayapas, an analyst at Capital Nomura Securities in Bangkok.
