Expect to see more Zika cases in U.S — CDC

All cases are travel-related, the DOH said, and none of the cases involve pregnant women. The agency’s priority, it said, is to prevent pregnant women from becoming infected with the virus.

Florida’s warm climate, year-round mosquitoes and revolving door of global travelers make it vulnerable, but local governments have a history of fighting off similar viruses.

He suggested pregnant women avoid kissing people other than a regular partner or sharing cutlery, glasses and plates with people who have symptoms of the virus.

Meera Garcia spent Friday afternoon poring over the CDC’s new Zika virus guidelines.

But the insects are bringing more than just irritation to the southern U.S., they’re spreading the Zika Virus.

The woman, whot is not pregnant, is ill but expected to recover.

The Zika virus has been found in the saliva and urine of two patients in Brazil, as reported by Firstpost.

“We have no data to support urine or saliva”, transmission at this point, Frieden said.

He said they also have 448 kits to test for the active virus and is asking for more of those kits as well. More CDC teams are going next week and will be deployed to other areas where the disease is taking hold. One of the problems with Zika is that symptoms only appear in about 20 per cent of people who have it. Consequently, the CDC is advising that people take special precautions after visiting an area where Zika is now making the rounds.

State health officials said Friday that a case of the Zika virus was found in Osceola County, outside Orlando, and one in St. Johns County, near Jacksonville.

USA officials have recommended pregnant women postpone trips to more than two dozen countries with Zika outbreaks, mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean.

“Sexual transmission of Zika virus is possible, and is of particular concern during pregnancy”, the CDC said in a Friday press release.

Frieden offered his strongest comments yet about the link between the insect-borne virus and the birth defect, microcephaly, which causes babies to be born with unusually small heads and cognitive problems.

Abranches said she could not provide more details on what the changes might look like or comment on whether Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff would enact the decree. The country’s National Health Institute director, Martha Lucia Ospina, said all three victims were confirmed to have been infected with Zika, adding that their deaths show the virus can kill.