The Centers for Disease Control has not disclosed how many pregnancies in the USA have been affected by the virus, but it has been a significant health threat in Florida. Investigators tested 124 people in Miami-Dade and Broward connected to the pregnant woman and the man from Broward, according to the report and investigators, and found no Zika cases. Brazil has reported the vast majority of cases of a Zika-linked birth defect called microcephaly, which causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and malformed brains.
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Last month Texas reported the state’s first case of microcephaly linked to Zika, also a Harris County infant.
Florida has the capacity to test only 5,941 people for active Zika virus and 1,613 for Zika antibodies, health officials said.
The department announced Wednesday that the two types of mosquitoes that transmit Zika are not likely to make it as far north as Wisconsin. While none of these mosquitoes have tested positive for Zika thus far, I encourage CT residents to help control mosquito populations by removing standing water outside homes and eliminating trash, debris and other materials that can collect water and provide a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Of the 4,750 cases in USA territories, 422 of them are pregnant women.
“The saddest outcome of Zika’s health effects often impact the most vulnerable”.
At a School Board meeting Wednesday, Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said the district plans to maintain its ban on bringing mosquito repellent to school, in case students are allergic to the spray.
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All of the the OH cases originated outside the United States, including one that was sexually transmitted. Miami is now witnessing a massive outbreak of the Zika virus caused by local mosquitoes.
While the Aedes aegypti can bite at any time in the day, it is prone to attack in the early morning hours and before sunset, Scott said.
The infant’s mother had traveled to Latin America during her pregnancy and was infected there by the virus, according to the Department of State Health Services.
Zika is especially unsafe for pregnant women and those of child-bearing age.
“The CDC said in a statement, in Miami-Dade, you’re more likely to get killed in a vehicle wreck than get Zika”, Bill Talbert, chair of the Convention & Visitors Bureau, said.
The virus is primarily transmitted by certain tropical mosquitoes but also can be contracted through sex with an infected partner.
Those that do, usually develop mild symptoms – fever, rash, joint pain, and red eyes – which usually last no more than a week.
There is no vaccine yet or treatment for infection with Zika virus.
More than 7,300 Americans have been diagnosed with Zika, including 1,825 in the continental US and Hawaii, according to the CDC.
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A mosquito can bite an infected person, for example someone who is traveling from a place where the virus is circulating, and then transmit the virus to other people it bites, triggering a local outbreak.
