The first case of Zika transmitted by sex in OH was reported last week last week.
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Finally, do your best to keep mosquitoes from entering your hotel room through air conditioning, and screens on windows and doors.
Microcephaly is a rare neurological condition that causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads, leading to incomplete brain development.
This most recent case in Snohomish Co. brings the number of cases in Washington state to 10. On the national level, however, the United States Senate a bill to fund fighting the Zika virus was thumbed down.
Health officials are also concerned about other mosquito related viruses hitting the southern part of the state, since there has been a few viruses reported recently.
Bassett urged pregnant women as well as couples planning to conceive to delay travel to Zika-affected areas.
Zika virus is primarily spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito but also can be transmitted by blood transfusions and by men to their sexual partners. “Persons who develop Zika virus symptoms within two weeks of having returned from countries with Zika virus cases are advised to consult their physician and inform of their travel history”.
“We have been monitoring the reports of Zika cases in nearby counties”. The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes).
Krueger says the invasive mosquito that spreads the Zika virus typically bites people near their ankles and can be controlled by eliminating standing water in containers around the home.
“I’m not so much afraid for myself, but for pregnant women and people like that”, said Punta Gorda resident Rosemary Priore.
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The Zika virus, a mosquito-borne disease that can cause severe and sometimes fatal birth defects in newborns, has reached epidemic proportions in Puerto Rico and Latin American countries.
