She and other health officials in Georgia and in other Southern states are watching the situation in Florida carefully.
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Remember, mosquitoes that spread Zika bite mostly during the day time, but they can be around at night, too. The county has been added to the Declaration of Public Health Emergency.
FDOH has conducted testing for the Zika virus for more than 2,649 people statewide.
“The child was born to a mother who was in a Zika-affected area in Latin America”, said Dr. Umair Shah, Harris County director of public health.
The CDC is recommending pregnant women avoid traveling to the Wynwood neighborhood near Miami, Florida, where Zika has been spread by mosquitoes. Steps have been taken to monitor the affected person and spray the area where the affected person is living to prevent the Zika virus from spreading. All the children had been diagnosed with a congenital infection, most likely caused by the Zika virus.
The theory is that the Zika virus destroys brain cells, and forms lesions where the calcium is deposited.
The mosquito suspected of transmitting Zika in this Miami neighborhood is not found in CT. These infections are thought to have occurred because the patients’ partners had traveled to countries where Zika is circulating, the CDC said.
A The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that people use condoms and other barrier methods for two months after being in an area where Zika is endemic if you are asymptomatic. To date, all Texas cases stemmed from travel overseas to areas with active Zika transmission. “People panic and there’s potential for irrational thinking in either direction, not doing enough and doing too much”. Symptoms show up three to seven days after an infected mosquito’s bite and can include fever, rash, joint pain, red eyes, muscle pain or headache. However, another mosquito capable of transmitting Zika, the Asian Tiger Mosquito, has been trapped in several CT towns this summer.
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The former Arkansas governor and failed Republican presidential candidate mocked concerns over the devastating virus so he could take a potshot at Trump’s Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, during a Wednesday evening rally for Trump in Sunrise, Florida. Zika can also be transmitted sexually. Additionally, North Carolina has been awarded more than $1 million in grant funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address Zika, including surveillance, tracking and reporting of Zika pregnancy outcomes.
