During her stay, Burwell will engage in a number of events and meetings that will include García Padilla, a local hospital blood bank tour and visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dengue Branch. Since symptoms are so mild, if present at all, many carriers of the virus might pass it along without realizing they were infected.
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“The ongoing outbreak of the Zika virus has spread throughout most of South America, Central America and the Caribbean”, said Sonja Swiger, AgriLife Extension entomologist, Stephenville.
After that, several samples containing the Zika virus were collected in Uganda, including Entebbe and Kisubi, but “since then no other samples from humans, mosquitoes or monkeys have been collected [in Uganda]”, the virologist added. Some workers, including those working with insecticides in areas of active Zika transmission to control mosquitoes and healthcare workers who may be exposed to contaminated blood or other potentially infectious materials from people infected with Zika virus, may require additional protection.
The mosquito-borne Zika virus has spread across 66 countries in the past nine years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new situation report issued Thursday.
But, Zika also has been linked to Guillain-Barre syndrome, an uncommon nervous system illness in which a person’s immune system damages the nerve cells, causing muscle weakness and sometimes paralysis, according to the CDC.
It’s been confirmed that a pregnant woman contracted the virus while traveling in Nicaragua.
Officials recommend to apply insect repellants, wear long, loose and light-colored shirts and trousers, and wear socks.
Earlier this month, federal officials announced their findings from research into the cause of brain damage in babies born in areas with widespread presence of Zika virus: Something about the virus is causing the problem, although scientists are still not sure of the mechanism of the injury. There are exceptions, it seems, for the fetuses of pregnant women and in the semen of infected men, where it can persist for some time.
Tweel, who serves as chair of the Gloucester Mosquito Control Commission, said that members of the Aedes species can’t be readily controlled through the widespread spraying of large areas of land.
They also should not have unprotected sex at all for eight weeks after returning to the United States, Dobbs said, even if they’re not showing symptoms.
Finally, for business travellers, the two agencies urge employers to allow flexibility in required travel to areas with active Zika transmission. “The ones that have Picaridin or DEET are very effective against mosquitoes”. If you did, do you have any mosquito bites?
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“If you keep spraying over and over again, it’s not going to work anymore”, Letteney said.
