This species is found in Florida but, as of now, does not carry the virus. Now there are outbreaks in many countries and territories, especially throughout South America. Kentucky has had six such cases reported thus far.
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West Nile symptoms include fever, headache, body ache, and sometimes a rash.
The whistle-stop visit, which included Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Florida Surgeon General Celeste Philip, comes as Scott is renewing efforts to get more federal funding to help Florida prepare for a potential Zika outbreak. Babies of women who contract the virus while pregnant can be born with severe brain defects, most notably microcephaly, when the head and brain do not fully develop. Recent research reveals the virus can also be sexually transmitted. The Zika response will take time and resources. Other problems, such as eye diseases, have been detected among fetuses and infants infected with Zika. She then sought medical attention in Amsterdam and tested positive for Zika. If you have the symptoms described above, you should abstain from sexual contact for at least eight weeks.
He said, “I want to make it unequivocally clear that as of 7 June 2016, there are no confirmed cases of Zika virus in the Cayman Islands”.
There is no specific medicine or vaccine for Zika. The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week after being bitten by an infected mosquito.
A Culex mosquito bites and sucks up blood.
Lander recommends that people fix broken screens on windows, doors, porches and patios to keep mosquitos out of the house.
First Selectman Tesei said, “I believe the town, residents and commercial property owner(s) need to work together as a team to eliminate sources of standing water on their property”. The more skin that is visible, the better the chance of a mosquito bite.
Additionally, she said, use insect repellents recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Five: Protect your partner. It appears to encourage health care providers in all affected countries to follow suit.
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The World Health Organization says women who live in areas where Zika is spreading should consider delaying pregnancy, since there’s no other sure way to avoid the virus’ devastating birth defects. Savannah Guthrie, anchor of NBC’s “Today Show”, just announced she is pregnant and won’t travel to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics because of concerns about the Zika virus. “That, in and of itself, warrants mosquito protection”.
