There are 21 Zika cases statewide believed to be locally transmitted, including two involving Broward County residents and one in Palm Beach County.
Advertisement
Health officials say active transmissions of the Zika virus are happening in one small area, just north of downtown Miami.
County public health officials confirmed the third case Wednesday during telephone interviews with the Sun-Star, however they said they became aware of a third patient some time last week.
In July, Florida confirmed that the mostly mosquito borne virus had been transmitted locally on the USA mainland for the first time.
Six Miami-Dade County Public Schools that are in or near the designated Zika transmission area are the following schools: Design and Architecture Senior High, Young Men’s Preparatory Academy, Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, Jose De Diego Middle School, Eneida M. Hartner Elementary and Paul Laurence Dunbar Elementary School.
“This is of interest to us, recognizing that we have a number of pregnant women who are suspected as having Zika”.
As many as 80 percent of those who are infected will have no symptoms.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, symptoms of the virus include fever, rash, joint pain, conjunctivitis or red eyes, muscle pain and headache. Pregnant women are being cautioned not to visit parts of Miami where the virus has been detected.
The Ohio Department of Health has identified 30 travel-related Zika cases, and one that was acquired through sexual transmission.
A Most people infected with Zika don’t even know it, so Zika can silently circulate within a population.
Officials collected urine samples, distributed fliers on how to prevent an infection and scoured properties for standing water, said Mr. Rodriguez.
The good news is that we have experience with Dengue and Chikungunya, which are other tropical viruses that had outbreaks in the USA and are spread by the same mosquito.
We’re getting a few more details about the first people to get the zika virus from mosquitoes in South Florida – and the questions they raise. When symptoms do occur they begin, usually, two to seven days after being bitten by an infected mosquito.
“We’ve had quite an influx of calls in the past couple of weeks”, Hilliard said.
Advertisement
However, little is still known about other potential health problems that Zika virus infection during pregnancy may cause.
