Patricia Ruppert said the woman is not pregnant.
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– Men who reside in or have traveled to an area of active Zika virus transmission who are concerned about sexual transmission of Zika virus might consider abstaining from sexual activity or using condoms consistently and correctly during sex.
Pour spoke to the media Friday and said women with partners who have traveled overseas should talk to their partners and health care providers.
On Friday, researchers with Brazil’s Fiocruz research institute announced they had found live Zika virus in saliva and urine samples taken from two patients.
“Consistent and correct use of latex condoms reduces the risk of sexual transmission of many infections, including those caused by other viruses”. Women with ultrasound tests showing microcephaly also should be tested.
Three people have died in Colombia after contracting the Zika virus, which is spreading across South America and has emerged in Europe and the US.
Zika, which is transmitted by mosquitos, has few effects on most people, but is believed to be responsible for serious birth defects in babies born to infected mothers. “The bottom line…is that pregnant women should postpone travel to Zika affected areas”, he added. The real issue is the transmission in pregnant women, which can cause microcephaly in a baby.
Health officials in Brazil and the United States meanwhile warned that sex or even kissing could potentially spread the typically mosquito-borne disease.
However, just two weeks into confirmation of the strong link to birth defects, the CDC is scrambling round-the-clock to boost the supply of test kits, he said, working with private companies to expand the supply.
But this week came the news in Dallas that a patient had caught the virus after having sexual contact with someone who had returned from Venezuela, where Zika is circulating.
Zika is also blamed for an increase in cases of a potentially deadly neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome.
It produces flu-like symptoms including a low-grade fever, headaches, joint pain and rashes.
Still, because mosquitos are the most common carrier of the illness, the best way to avoid the virus is to prevent mosquito bites, the CDC said.
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“So much of it right now is unknown and beyond our control, that we’re all kind of in it together, going through for it”, Garcia said.
