“Zika virus does not naturally occur in Ireland”, the HSE claims, before adding “however, as of 9th September 2016, there have been a total of 11 cases who have travelled to an affected area and been diagnosed in Ireland”.
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The Public Health Agency confirmed to the BBC that fewer than five patients were infected with Zika, with one being treated last week.
Ubial said that case was most likely due to local transmission since there had been no history of travel to any affected country in the past two weeks.
Several English and Scottish people have also been diagnosed with the virus, which causes mild symptoms including a rash, fever and headache in most cases.
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.
Zika infections in pregnant women have been shown to cause microcephaly – a severe birth defect in which the head and brain are undersized – as well as other brain abnormalities. It is particularly feared for its effect on the unborn babies of pregnant women.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases published a new model showing China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan as countries expected to be at greatest risk of Zika virus epidemic.
“We can not tell at this moment whether the viruses found here cause more or less severe disease than those in South America”.
Measures to be discussed will focus on technical assistance on verification of cases and readiness to cope with the spread of the virus. Signs of Zika have been found in blood, urine, semen and saliva, and the case could direct new research into whether it can also be carried in things like tears or stools, she said. The CDC could not say for sure if that’s indeed how patient A caught the virus. Utah doesn’t have the kind of mosquitoes that transmit Zika, and the two people involved did not have sexual contact.
The sudden spike in one of the cleanest countries in the ASEAN region has raised concerns of possible spread to its densely populated neighbors although local transmission of Zika by the Aedes aegypti mosquito has been reported in Indonesia and Thailand.
An analysis of two cases found that they had likely evolved from a strain of Zika that was already circulating in Southeast Asia.
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It is transmitted through mosquito bites, sexual contact, blood transfusion, or by a pregnant woman to her fetus.
