Zika virus infection is a Class I reportable disease and must be reported by phone to the Office of Epidemiology and Research at 735-7298, or the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control at 735-7154, or after hours to 888-9276. Pregnant women who do travel should talk with their health care provider first and ensure that precautions against mosquito bites are taken.
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The case was detected in a woman who is not pregnant, the minister told AFP during a visit to French Guiana.
Furthermore, CDC warns that even though Zika is known to be transmitted through mosquitoes, expectant mothers may also be at risk via sexual transmission and are advised to use condoms or refrain from sexual intercourse while pregnant. Two of the nine women had miscarriages and one child was born with severe microcephaly.
Aside from pregnant women, CDC also cautioned women planning to get pregnant from including their male counterparts if they travel for the Olympics of Paralympic Games, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro between August and September. The CDC has issued travel notices for Cape Verde, the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, the Pacific Islands and South America.
Brazil reported cases of stillborn babies without a brain, raising alarm in health departments about the risky implications on the spread of the Zika virus worldwide. The chances of an mainland outbreak of Zika remain low, but the same isn’t true for that area.
Zika causes headaches, fever and a rash, though most people with the virus never show symptoms. Doctors have yet to figure out the causes and gestation period of the virus in a mosquito population.
In its earlier advisory, WHO’s regional director in Europe Zsuzsanna Jakab, as reported by the BMJ, said that European countries need to take concrete measures to spot this worsening concern. Among a CDC’s categorical goals is to exam each profound lady in Puerto Rico for Zika and forestall people like Dominicci from constrictive a virus.
During the colder months, the only way the Zika virus is being transmitted to unaffected countries, like the US, is in the bodies of infected travelers.
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A New York Times post quoted experts saying, “the link between Zika and microcephaly is well established and that the cases were a call to action for the medical community in the United States”. Sexual transmission is another concern for pregnant women.
