Patients In SC Undergoing Zika Virus Testing

The state of Texas has six confirmed travel-related cases of Zika virus disease in the state.

The National Health Institute reported that Colombia now has 20,297 cases of Zika infection, including 2,116 in pregnant women.

According to Dr. Saul, one in five people infected with Zika virus will come down with mild symptoms which can last up to a week. “But this is not something that happens to every woman and every pregnant woman, and to date it has not happened in the United States”, he said.

Local health authorities in Brazil have observed an increase in Zika virus infections and in cases of babies born with microcephaly, that rare condition of having an abnormally small head and incomplete brain development.

Seminars and informational classes for pregnant women across Central and South America hope to keep the Zika virus at bay.

Travel restriction has been placed on Nigerians who intend to visit Latin America following the outbreak of Zika virus in that region, the government said on Friday.

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I think everyone, especially those of us who are pregnant, are scared, she said.

The Virginia Health Department says no one in the state is in danger right now because it’s not mosquito season.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned the virus is “spreading explosively”.

Although the Zika virus was first documented in 1947, it caused only sporadic and small outbreaks of illness until recently. It suggested wearing long sleeves and trousers, using mosquito sprays and avoid leaving out buckets, empty gardening pots and other containers that can catch water, and report to medical institutions in case of developing suspected symptoms.

It has been reported that all of those infected are individuals who are returning from countries with ongoing transmission of Zika.

While Zika virus can’t be spread directly from person-to-person, it can be transmitted when a mosquito bites an infected person and then bites other people.

The Zika virus is spreading at an alarming rate. It could take up to two weeks to get results back because of the volume of cases the CDC is working.