The favela sits directly adjacent to the Olympic Park (TOP) amidst fears that the Zika virus will affect the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in August. “That’s because they’ve identified only one of the two species that carry Zika and they feel like they have the opportunity to eradicate that mosquito if they do that”.
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More than 30 countries in South America, Latin America and the Caribbean have reported the virus.
But that’s no excuse for complacency.
He also wrote on Twitter that the risk of Zika transmission is equivalent to the risk of dengue transmission, thanks to the Aedes.
However, there have been no instances of people acquiring the disease through mosquitoes in the United States, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Diverting resources from Ebola makes little sense – in fact it would be like redirecting firefighters to a new house when the fire they were fighting isn’t really out yet. “There are criteria that are issued on human samples that is going to be used diagnostically: there is a qualification panel, in which there are qualification isolates that they send to us and we have to test and send them back to them”.
Island Health confirmed the case but declined to provide any other details because of privacy concerns.
Researchers also predicted that 5.42 million births would occur in vulnerable parts of the Americas over the next year.
The Zika virus, which is typically transmitted through the bite of a mosquito, or sexual contact, can give adults the paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome.
“The virus produces quite mild symptoms, generally speaking, in people”. Muscle pain and headaches are also frequent experiences.
What’s so scary about Zika is that, rarely, it can cause severe complications, including autoimmune disorders. The United States now counts 800 cases of the virus in 40 different states within its borders as well as US territories, including in 89 pregnant women. It’s a rare condition in which an infant’s head is much smaller than the heads of other children of the same age and sex.
She emphasizes pregnant women should do all they can to avoid travel to countries where the virus is present. A way to prevent the Zika virus would be just how you would want to prevent getting a mosquito bite. Because of the many health benefits of breastfeeding, mothers are encouraged to breastfeed even in areas where Zika virus is found. But Fauci has told me that the problem and solution lie in mosquito control: There can not be a widespread outbreak unless the virus takes hold in the local Aedes aegypti mosquito population, and he does not expect that to happen. Their habitat includes many southern and eastern states but not Montana.
Now it could only take days to determine if a Virginia resident has the virus. Look for these repellent names in various products and follow the use label.
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There is now no vaccine, preventive medication or specific treatment drug available for Zika virus.
