Statewide, there have been six confirmed Zika cases so far this year, but a spokesman for the state’s Department of Public Health said he could not confirm the location of each case, for privacy reasons.
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A Lakeview hospital has confirmed the first case of the Zika virus in Chicago, hospital officials say.
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For local information about Zika virus, call the Health Department Emergency Operations Center at 340-712-6205.
A female Aedes Aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from her human host.
Travellers, especially pregnant women, should carefully consider whether they needed to fly to areas where the virus had spread.
Disease symptoms commonly include fever, rash, joint pain and red eyes, and victims may feel muscle pain and headaches as well.
For anyone who does plan to visit the affected countries, the best approach to avoiding Zika virus infection is prevention.
There is a potential risk that the Zika virus can be transmitted by HCT/Ps used as part of a medical, surgical, or reproductive procedure, the FDA said on Tuesday.
The woman is the second travel-associated Zika virus infection confirmed in Washington state, but her case raises worries because of a strongly suspected link between the virus and a severe birth defect known as microcephaly.
According to Professor Phillips, there is no risk to public health following the re-emergence of the Zika virus.
Approximately 80 percent of those infected never show any symptoms of the disease, while approximately 20 percent will have only mild symptoms.
Previous SA cases were reported in 2012 and 2015.
The health agency said the nine women had been to places with Zika outbreaks – American Samoa, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Samoa.
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Since the virus can be sexually transmitted before, during or after showing symptoms, Peterson urged men who have recently traveled to affected countries to use protection during sex or to abstain from intercourse.
