However, NPR points out that it doesn’t mean that the virus wasn’t transmitted at all during the games.
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However, the danger of mosquito-borne Zika infection for pregnant American women became more imminent this month, with two neighborhoods in the Miami area reporting cases of locally acquired infection.
That’s because standing water is a breeding ground for mosquitoes and Texas is already one of the most vulnerable states to see local transmission of the zika virus.
A total of 56 cases were confirmed in Singapore on Monday.
Hearing loss has now been associated with microcephaly and Zika.
“The good news is that (blood) donations from Washington and OR have been safe for transfusion”, said Casey Zerbe, a Lane Blood Center spokeswoman.
Scientists studying Zika wanted to find out whether some of the offspring from these tropical mosquitoes might carry the virus, helping to perpetuate an outbreak during dry seasons. “For blood centers who may have never used this equipment, they have to bring it in, they have to learn to use it, they have to validate it”. The Lane Blood Center merged into the larger group in 2014. Dr. Anthony Fauci from the National Institute of Health was asked on Twitter if pregnant women can use bug spray.
And on August 9, researchers in Brazil also reported on Zika’s possible links to serious deformities of joints in the arms and legs of newborns, a condition called arthrogryposis.
On Tuesday, a new report suggested that close to 6 percent of babies with the Zika-caused birth defect microcephaly may also experience hearing loss. At least 29 cases have been linked to that area.
Echoing Zerbe, AuBuchon noted that the virus is transmitted by two types of mosquitoes, neither of which resides in the Pacific Northwest.
Three quarters of clinicians said they would like more information for their patients and practice.
A full-scale outbreak in OR is unlikely, he said.
Zika has been found in Central and South America, and on some Caribbean islands. “We also have screens in homes and many people have air conditioning”, AuBuchon said.
Australia’s Department of Heath has added Singapore to a list of countries, including Brazil, Costa Rica and Haiti, where there is high risk of the virus.
Zika has been detected in 58 countries including hardest-hit Brazil. “It’s a very specific way to look for a pathogen”.
West Nile, another mosquito-carried virus, has been known to occur in Iowa.
This study looked at the test results of 70 children with microcephaly and confirmed Zika infection who were referred to the hospital for a hearing assessment.
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It is the latest diagnostic test to receive emergency authorisation in the U.S.in response to the threat posed by the Zika virus. “We are issuing revised guidance for immediate implementation in order to help maintain the safety of the USA blood supply”.
