OR woman diagnosed with Zika virus

“What everybody would like us as public health officials to say is, now we’ve proved it. It’s not going to be like that”, Christopher Dye, WHO’s director of strategy, added at the briefing in Washington. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Aedes mosquitoes are found in all countries in the Americas except Canada and continental Chile, and the virus will likely reach all countries and territories of the region where Aedes mosquitoes are found. The virus is spread to people primarily through bites from an infected Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus mosquito.

“We have four of those in 2016 so we are seeing cases coming back”.

Ebola and Lassa fever, that is why she can’t afford the spread of another deadly disease at a time like this.

While the virus has been documented in breast milk, saliva and urine, it has not yet been confirmed if the virus can be transmitted through any bodily fluids other than blood.

Rep. Curt Clawson, a Republican from Florida’s Gulf Coast, expressed concern that despite widespread publicity in recent weeks about Zika, not enough is being done to combat the virus. It is not only business travel being affected by the mosquito-borne virus but also personal trips such as those many Brazilians want to take for Carnival.

The only way to prove a causal link between the virus and any of the suspected outcomes is through epidemiological research, including cohort and case-control studies, which then would require further research for prevention and treatment.

Mosquito crews in Morris County are working this winter to target and clear out potential mosquito breeding grounds.

Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant and must travel to these areas should first consult with their health care provider and take extra care to protect themselves from mosquito bites when traveling to an area known to have Zika.

The little understood virus was previously believed to cause only minor symptoms, including a fever, rash and muscle aches, and often no symptoms at all.

Officials said it is imperative that pregnant women who travel to affected countries get tested upon return.

“Zika is the kind of thing we’ve been ranting about for 20 years”, said Daniel Brooks, a biologist at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Zika virus: 6-month-old pregnant Woman shows a photo of her ultrasound at the IMIP hospital Brazil: APShe told the Commons Science and Technology Committee: “We have had seven cases, six associated with the current outbreak in South America, in the past three years”.

The Zika virus is linked with the birth defect microcephaly, which sees children born with abnormally small brains, along with a neurological syndrome which can cause paralysis.

Before the outbreak at the end of 2015, most cases have occurred in Africa, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands.

Since the outbreak is ongoing, the public is asked to check for updated travel notices at the CDC website, cdc.gov, search Zika.