The most logical reason would be that he had close contact with his father, who had “100,000 times higher than the average level reported in persons infected with Zika virus”, according to a report released on Tuesday.
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According to the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health, the Zika virus in Vietnam is less infectious and less likely to cause microcephaly than its counterpart in the Americas. 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. “However, since 2015, the Public Health Agency (PHA) can confirm that there have been less than five cases of Northern Ireland residents diagnosed with Zika virus”.
The other two cases were in North Idaho.
The man tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus after a trip to Mexico in mid-August, a Southwest District Health spokeswoman said Tuesday.
The Public Health Agency has more information on Zika here.
Current research indicates the greatest microcephaly risk is associated with infection during the first trimester of pregnancy, but health officials have warned an impact could be seen in later weeks.
Although adults’ brains are less vulnerable to damage compared with those of developing babies, brain damage may cause personality changes, epilepsy, depression and dementia. But as many as 80 percent of people infected never develop symptoms.
Efforts to control the spread of Zika focus on eliminating mosquito breeding sites and taking precautions against mosquito bites, such as using insect repellent and nets. He reportedly traveled to an area outside the US with active Zika virus transmission, Southwest District Health officials confirmed Tuesday. His was the first Zika-related death in the continental U.S.
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Here in the United States, there is an ongoing battle between knowledge and funding to find a cure or recourse against Zika virus. These mosquitoes also carry dengue fever and chikungunya.
