The team put together the global maps based on where Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which spread Zika, are common.
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“It’s frightening me”, Lucey said of the virus overseas, which causes birth defects in the children of mothers who were infected during the first trimester of their pregnancies. “The Lincoln County Health Department has also started preconception counseling on Zika virus for our family planning patients”.The Zika virus was first detected in Brazil last spring and has since spread throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
The virus causes symptoms including fever, rash, joint pain, headache, muscle pain and pink eye.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have warned pregnant women to stay away from active Zika areas, if at all possible. People who are afraid personalize the risk and believe they are bound to be the virus’s next victim, whether they are pregnant or not. If you’re pregnant and in a Zika-affected country, you might be considering booking a temporary vacation elsewhere – but what countries are free of the Zika mosquito? Most people do not experience symptoms. Even if no cases have been reported yet, countries in southern Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia have been warned of Zika suitability due to the presence of Aedesvectors. The favela sits directly adjacent to the Olympic Park (TOP) amidst fears that the Zika virus will affect the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in August.
In the United States, a large swath of the southeastern region, including a large part of Texas and all of Florida, is highly suitable for Zika transmission.
Before the DCLS was allowed to perform the tests, the CDC carried out all Zika virus tests from the state of Virginia, who now holds 11 cases of the virus on record.
According to a press release from the Department of General Services – which oversees the DCLS – the ability of the state to commence testing came in a timely manner, as mosquito season begins May 1. The outbreak was associated with an increase in infant microcephaly, a condition where a baby’s brain ceases to grow properly, resulting in a much smaller head than normal, according to local and national officials.
He said the mosquito species of most concern in this area, the Aedes albopictus, also called the Asian tiger mosquito, becomes most active during the summer when it’s hot.
Two months ago, the President made an emergency request for roughly $1.9 billion to respond to the Zika virus epidemic, which is now spreading dangerously. If Congress does not act to approve the urgently needed funding, federal public health agencies will be forced to divert funding away from research into malaria, tuberculosis and a universal flu vaccine. The infection is over, as far as we can tell.
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It is still not clear if the virus can be transmitted through kissing or oral sex, but scientists have noted that the virus is found in both saliva and semen.
