“This includes being knowledgeable about where the virus is spreading, consulting with a healthcare provider, and, most importantly, following public health’s recommendations to avoid mosquito bites”.
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But aedes mosquitos appear happy to migrate as the weather warms.
Although Zika has hit countries in Latin America and the Caribbean the hardest, Chan warned that no one can predict if it will spread to other parts of the world and trigger the same pattern of health complications. Back then, his small lab in NY was overwhelmed with women seeking tests and information.
By mid-July, each of the 50 cities will have an environment suitable for the mosquito to thrive.
An army truck fumigates to kill mosquitos in the Vedado neighbourhood of Havana, Cuba.
A medical journal called PLOS Currents published a report about where species exist in the USA that have the potential to carry Zika.
As disease prevention measures are being taken at airports and harbors, the CDC said it would not issue a travel alert for South Korea for the time being.
But that doesn’t mean the disease would come to Kansas, even if it does spread in the U.S. And the journal doesn’t claim the U.S. will have an outbreak.
They say he experienced Zika-related symptoms while traveling these past few months.
“We are going to talk to the particular physician about the matter”, said Jung Ki-suk, director of the KCDC. “I was constantly seeing women who wanted to know if they had been infected, and speaking with obstetricians who were either doing therapeutic abortions or delivering babies with congenital rubella”.
At present, there is no available vaccine for the Zika virus, but the United States and Cuba announced on Monday they would pool their resources to fight various diseases, including the Zika virus.
In the case that you do travel to areas with Zika, Gino Solla says the best way to protect yourself is to use insect repellant, condoms during sexual intercourse, and to stay away from places with swamp-like and tropical areas.
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This Feb. 12, 2016 photo shows two-week-old Sophia, born with microcephaly, during a physical therapy session at the Pedro I hospital in Campina Grande, Brazil. This is the second case of Zika to be confirmed this year by the department’s State Laboratories Division.
