A lot about the Zika virus is still unknown, but scientists are now saying it could be spread through oral sex as well as intercourse.
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Zika is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito species, found in much of the southern USA, as well as the Americas, Africa and Asia.
Casual kissing has got to be safe because, if it werent, dont you think Wednesday see a lot more Zika? “These infants are born with abnormally small heads and underdeveloped brains”, according to a news report published by US News.
The United Nations health officials announced an updated guideline for prevention of the Zika virus this week in wake of growing cases of possible sexual transmission of the virus.
The UN agency has recommended that women in areas where Zika is spreading delay getting pregnant, and that women who have had unprotected sex and do not wish to become pregnant should have “ready access to emergency contraceptive services and counselling”. The man had developed Zika symptoms just before leaving Brazil and arriving in Paris last February. He and his partner, 24, had “oral sex with ejaculation”, and she became ill soon after. The woman, on the other hand, had the virus in her urine and saliva, but a vaginal swab tested negative.
Among the 17 infected are four women, though none were pregnant, said Dr. Jose Sanchez, deputy chief of Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch. “We can not rule out the possibility that transmission occurred not through semen but through other biologic fluids, such as pre-ejaculate secretions or saliva exchanged through deep kissing”. In Brazil, the country hardest hit so far, authorities have confirmed more than 1,400 cases of microcephaly believed to be linked to Zika.
Van Garderen took part in the London 2012 Olympic Games and was set to land on of the two spots for the U.S. team in the road race at the Rio Games.
In a request last month, U.S. Sen.
“The committee should include a bioethicist, a sports expert and a medical anthropologist, but World Health Organization doesn’t want to go there because it would mean recommending they call off the Olympics, and that’s the last thing World Health Organization wants to do”, said Attaran, a medicine and law professor at the University of Ottawa.
Women of child-bearing age who live in an active Zika region should protect themselves from mosquito bites by wearing long-sleeved shirts and long trousers, using mosquito repellent when outside, and staying indoors as much as possible, according to the CDC. And though she doesn’t want a disease, she’s not overly concerned about the consequences of Zika.
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