The index patient, whom The Washington Post identified as patient A’s father, had extremely high viral loads-100,000 times as high as typical Zika infections.
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Zika spreads to people primarily through the bite of two species of infected mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus), which are not native to Idaho, health officials say.
Zika is a disease that spreads through mosquitoes that have been infected by the disease.
He said drought conditions have contributed to the lower mosquito counts. The father died in June after contracting Zika from travel overseas.
Emanuele Nicastri, from the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani, and colleagues described the case of a 32-year-old nurse who was infected with Zika in the Dominican Republic. There is no specific treatment for Zika virus disease other than supportive measures, such as analgesics and hydration, for those who have symptoms and patients affected are advised to rest and drink plenty of fluids.
“Even if we can control the present outbreak, we will need to continue to guard against imported cases as the Zika virus is still circulating among many countries, including several in this region”, he said.
People may often be lulled into a false sense of security about the way Zika spreads, thinking it may just be through mosquitoes or sex.
She then had her health checked at a local hospital in Tokyo on September 9 and was found to be carrying the virus.
A neighborhood discussion in South Park Tuesday night was heated when residents raised their concerns about the recent spraying of an EPA approved pesticide Pyrenone 25-5 to kill mosquitos capable of spreading the Zika virus.
Doctors have so far interviewed 19 relatives and tested blood or urine samples. No one else has tested positive. Some believe the mosquito-borne virus could theoretically be transmitted through blood because of evidence in some labs of exposure when samples were not handled correctly. It has also been found in genital tract swabs and fluid inside the eye. The patient had early neurologic symptoms and suffered moderate memory impairment based on neuropsychological examinations, and these are consistent with symptoms of Zika virus-related encephalitis.
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“Finding new cases can help lead us to answers during an investigation, and while we’re happy nobody else was infected, the lack of additional cases leaves many questions unanswered”.
