Three pregnant women in Florida test positive for Zika

Three pregnant women in Florida have tested positive for the Zika virus, the Florida Department of Health announced Wednesday.

Health officials are investigating 14 new reports of Zika virus infections in the United States.

23, the Ingham County Health Department said the woman, who was not identified, contracted Zika while traveling to Barbados, an island in the Caribbean where the virus is circulating.

The CDC extended the period to prevent the spread of the Zika because there have been some cases of sexual transmission, taking in account World Health Organization guidelines. Currently, that includes 11 counties in the state.

The virus is most commonly transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito biting an infected person, and then spreading it to others.

Facing a greater possibility of the Zika virus being sexually transmitted, the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention tightened its recommendations for men and women who have been to Zika-affected nations.

Zika is suspected to be one of the reasons behind serious birth defects including microcephaly, which is caused by damaged brain that has stopped developing inside the mother’s womb. At least 34 countries, mostly in the Americas, have active Zika outbreaks and the virus is expected to spread.

There is no vaccine for or medicine to treat the virus. These males are released into the target area, where they compete with wild males to mate with the wild females.

The report noted that the male partner had recently travelled to an area with local Zika virus transmission.

The primary method of infection of the virus remains mosquito bites. An estimated 80 percent of people infected have no symptoms, making it hard for pregnant women to know whether they have been infected. It can be performed on blood, amniotic fluid, urine or spinal fluid, the researchers said.

Of people infected with the Zika virus, 80 percent do not have any symptoms.

According to the CDC, there have been 82 cases of travel-associated cases of Zika in the US, but no locally-acquired cases. We have known this was a possibility.

While Florida’s cases to date have originated through foreign travel, the state urges residents and visitors to protect themselves from mosquitoes. At first it was test anyone that returns from an affected country that has the symptoms, two or more of the symptoms.