SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – A San Francisco resident has tested positive for the Zika virus, the Department of Public Health announced Friday.
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Zika has also been linked to cases of autoimmune diseases in adults. The first case in the state was reported on March 18. Soon enough, mosquitos will swarm much of the United States, making an outbreak of Zika very possible.
But there were other advisories specific to business.
“Today’s test result highlights the need for everyone to take precautions if they are travelling to areas affected by Zika”.
A new set of guidelines published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in conjunction with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a direct call to employers, to take a more concerted role in protecting employees working in zika-affected areas. The dread might be more intense now with the threat of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. But when it comes to what we know about Zika virus and its impacts, at least after watching this video you can say, “Now I get it”.
Earlier this month, US health authorities confirmed the virus causes microcephaly, a long-suspected link. And that’s engaged many of those experts in an unprecedented debate.
So far, the virus in US territories has been limited to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa.
“Wear insect repellent specifically for mosquitoes”, she said. According to the CDC, babies with microcephaly often have smaller head sizes and brains that might not have developed properly. “But at the same time, our health and the health of our families is paramount”.
Earlier this month, United States health officials confirmed, after long debates and months of uncertainty, that Zika causes microcephaly and other severe fetal brain defects. Since then the Zika virus has spread to several additional countries throughout North, South and Central America, and the Caribbean. According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the U.
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“We do not have a recommendation to not become pregnant”, Frieden said. If symptoms do develop, they are usually mild and include fever, joint pain, rash and eye redness. Several hundred travel-associated cases have appeared across the continental United States, but the virus is also circulating locally in some USA territories, especially in Puerto Rico. Of the 388, 33 were in pregnant woman, eight are sexually transmitted and one case of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
