Zika has arrived in Wyoming.
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The Williams County Health Department is reporting the county’s first case of Zika virus in a returning traveler – a 32-year-old Williams County woman returning from Jamaica.
“There have definitely been cases of Zika virus diagnosed in people who have traveled outside of the country”. “It is no surprise for this to also happen to someone from Wyoming”.
“One concern is that if it has an affinity or an attraction to the nervous system of the fetus of a pregnant woman, it can develop an affinity for the nervous system in an adult”.
This latest case is the second confirmed case of maternal-to-fetal transmission of the virus in Canada.
Florida is the only USA state that has reported homegrown Zika transmission by mosquitoes, in Miami-Dade County.
Although many areas of the US have the type of mosquito that can become infected with and spread Zika, there have been no reported Zika cases contracted from a mosquito bite in Missouri, according to Clay County health officials.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides more information on mosquito-borne diseases. Wyoming is thought to be an inhospitable environment for the bugs. Shah confirmed that the girl had microcephaly, a birth defect linked to the Zika virus.
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, however, still advises pregnant women to avoid the entire neighborhood.
The virus can cause a transitory illness but is most unsafe to pregnant women, since maternal infection can trigger a serious birth defect called microcephaly.
It can be transmitted by sexual contact.
Infected individuals may not experience symptoms, but symptoms may include mild illness for two to seven days with fever, joint and muscle pain, skin rash, and redness of the eyes. “All I can say is the travel advisory is still in effect”, CDC spokesman Tom Skinner said.
“The travel recommendations are changing really pretty frequently”, Deti said. The WHO recommends that people in infected areas use condoms or abstain from sex, especially during pregnancy.
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“The results of this study confirm that the virus could replicate specifically in the male genital tract and may persist in semen”, the researchers, from the University of Padova and Padova University Hospital, in Italy, told the BBC.
