A Wisconsin resident has the first confirmed case of the Zika virus in the state of Wisconsin, the Department of Health Services (DHS) announced Wednesday.
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And WHO experts say the risk of spread increases in late spring and summer as Aedes mosquitoes – thought to carry the virus – become more active.
House Republicans pointed out that the administration is already using $600 million to address the Zika virus, so the additional money in this bill adds up to over $1 billion dollars being spent this year. Top Republicans such as Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers of Kentucky have successfully pressured the administration to unspent Ebola funds to finance nearly $600 million in anti-Zika efforts such as research on the virus and Zika-related birth defects, response teams to limit Zika’s spread, and helping other countries fight the virus.
Recipients will receive funds based on the geographic locations of the two mosquitoes known to transmit Zika virus, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus; history of mosquito borne disease outbreaks; and size of population.
However, Frieden opposes the $662 million House GOP bill, which would in part allocate remaining Ebola funding to fight the Zika virus. Illness may develop in 20 percent of infected people within three to seven days after a bite from an infected mosquito. Zika, which can also be spread through sexual contact, can cause severe birth defects.
Health Departments across the country and the state are warning people to protect themselves against mosquito bites this year.
The researchers then used the UTMB-developed Zika mouse model to demonstrate that the cloned virus infected the mice and gave them neurological disease.
Most others typically have mild issues, such as fever, joint soreness, rash or red eyes – but the disease can be very unsafe for pregnant women and their unborn babies.
The zika virus has caused panic across North and South America. We expect to see small numbers of Zika virus infections in travellers returning to the United Kingdom, but the risk to the wider population is very low as the mosquito that spreads the Zika virus is not found in the UK.
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With mosquito season approaching, the Prince William Health Department and the Department of Public Works have teamed up to prepare for the possibility that Zika might arrive with the mosquitos.
