The Monterey County Health Department says the individual is recovering from the infection, adding that no information will be released about the individual for reasons of privacy.
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It is possible that the latest cases in Florida may have arisen by mosquitoes biting people who had brought the virus back after traveling to infected countries, and then biting fresh victims and transmitting the disease.
Women who are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant should avoid an area in Miami that is the center of a small but growing number of mosquito-transmitted Zika cases, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
The 14 patients identified by Florida health officials constitute the first cases of local transmission of Zika virus by mosquitoes in the continental United States.
The area of Miami which has been cordoned off is limited to a one square mile area north of Miami.
Dr. Neil Silverman, an OBY-GYN at the University of California, Los Angeles, is advising pregnant women to avoid travel across two southern Florida counties: Miami-Dade County and Broward County. Domestic travelers accounted for more than half of all Miami visitors in 2015.
This is the first time the CDC has warned people not to travel to an American neighborhood for fear of catching an infectious disease.
The Floridians caught Zika from what were likely local mosquitoes.
The alerts are aimed at two of Miami-Dade’s largest tourism markets. England is the sixth-largest worldwide source, accounting for more than 325,000 visitors in 2015.
“The CDC is walking a tightrope”, Jha says.
“So basically, we just started to make sure that all pregnant women – symptomatic or asymptomatic – are going to get tested for the Zika virus”, Schmuels said. Hotez believes there are other likely local outbreaks occurring and that more can be expected in the next six weeks in Florida and other Gulf Coast states where the mosquito that carries the virus is common.
That’s why the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator of the McLennan County Health District says the district is focusing on pregnant women.
Frieden said the mosquito only travels 16 yards in its lifetime, but moves quickly.
The Miami Herald contacted various local hotels for comments on Zika, but all declined to comment. No additional meetings have been scheduled, Talbert said.
The new recommendations come as there are more than a dozen Zika cases confirmed in Florida and one in Alabama.
Governor Rick Scott is traveling the state talking about Zika, and he was in Pinellas Park on Monday. “Is this a risk I want to take?” Hawkins says her concerns over the virus and the potential effects of the virus on her unborn baby made her proactive. The virus is most unsafe for pregnant women. The virus can cause microcephaly and other neurological disorders in newborns.
“No, I wouldn’t”, said another.
Q: Who’s at risk from Zika?
“Our plan is to have a phase I study, which looks for safety and whether the vaccine induces a response that you would predict would be protected”, Fauci said.
They may well need the help.
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According to the Health Department, Zika has been seen in parts of Africa, Southeast Asia and some Pacific islands for years but has recently been reported in approximately 50 countries, mostly in the Caribbean and Central and South America.
