New Zika Guidelines Advise Pregnant Women To Avoid Sex

In newly issued guidelines about sexual transmission of the disease. official said men who have traveled to Zika-infected countries should use condoms or abstain from sex for the duration of their partner’s pregnancy.

As for men with partners who are not pregnant, they should “consider” abstinence or condom use if they visit or live in a Zika-affected country.

The CDC also updated its interim guidance for health care providers in the USA who are caring for pregnant women and women of reproductive age with possible Zika virus exposure.

Scientists at the Fiocruz institute say they’re trying to determine if the body fluids can spread Zika to new patients.

In addition, the risk of infection “depends on how long and how much a person has been exposed to infected mosquitoes, and the steps taken to prevent mosquito bites while in an affected area”.

In its statement, the UNFPA said women and girls should be able to make decisions about family planning and to protect their babies and themselves if they decide to become pregnant.

But since October, Brazil has reported 404 confirmed cases of microcephaly where the baby’s head is abnormally small – up from 147 in 2014 – plus 3,670 suspected cases. Dr. Frieden stressed that pregnant women should not travel to 30 countries and territories in Latin American and the Caribbean where Zika virus is spreading.

Gavel says more tests need to be carried out to definitively confirm the above-mentioned hypothesis.

It cites three cases of infected males showing symptoms who transmitted the virus.

One case is in Douglas County; the other is in Sarpy County.

The Rockland County woman was diagnosed with Zika after returning home from the trip, according to county Executive Ed Day and Health Commissioner Patricia Schnabel Ruppert. The antibody test allows the state to see if individuals ever had the Zika virus.

Brazil, where the virus is most prevalent, said Zika had been detected in urine and saliva, and officials there and in the U.S. warned even kissing could potentially spread the disease.