Zika Virus Persisted In Man’s Semen For Two Months, Report Says

Zika is primarily transmitted through a mosquito bite, and there is no indication that it can be spread from person to person through casual contact.

Studies of Zika-infected pregnant Latin American women who were due to deliver their babies soon should yield evidence, Kieny said, adding that data also was coming from studies in French Polynesia and Cape Verde. He said the centre has assessed risks of imported case of Zika virus in all prefectures and cities in the province, which borders Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) is reporting the state’s third and fourth cases of Zika virus were diagnosed in returning travelers – a 56-year-old Butler County woman returning from Guyana, and a 60-year-old Licking County man returning from Haiti.

Kieny said Zika-hit areas also have experienced increased cases of the neurological disease Guillain-Barre, adding: “The direct causality has still to be demonstrated but the association in time and in location seems to be clear”.

The mosquito Aedes Aegypti as seen through a microscope.

Brazilian government is intensifying its efforts to contain Zika by waging a nationwide mosquito eradication campaign Saturday.

Next week, 50,000 members of the military will visit homes to try to eradicate breeding spots.

Marcelo Castro made the remarks during an interview with The Associated Press in Brazil’s capital.

The malformation can cause motor and learning difficulties along with other disabilities.

The researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Colombia’s National Health Institute (INS) are partnering to get down to the basic science of the disease.

Dengue, a severe flu-like illness, has been in Brazil for decades.

Concerns have grown in recent months about a Zika outbreak that has affected at least 33 countries — mostly in South and Central America. The Zika virus may be particularly adept at settling itself in parts of the body that are protected from the immune system, making it more hard to fight off the disease.

More than 600,000 cases of Zika are expected in Colombia by the end of the year.

“If it is transmitting dengue, it can transmit all the others”, said Jesse Alves, a specialist in infectious diseases at the government’s Emilio Ribas Hospital in Sao Paulo.

The mosquitoes are attracted to the smell of humans, biting in the day and at night. The number of reported cases in the Americas, south-east Asia and the western Pacific grew from 1.2 million in 2008 to more than 3 million in 2013, according to the agency.