More Zika Cases Linked to Sex — CDC

How do people become infected? She also did not exhibit symptoms of other mosquito-borne diseases, including dengue or chikungunya. The Aedes mosquito can be found locally in North Texas.

How do you treat Zika? “It could take 10 days or even two weeks”, James Musser, director of pathology and genomic medicine at Houston Methodist Hospital and who was part of the team working on the diagnostic, said in an interview. He has worked in Salvador since early 2015, when the first cases of Zika were reported.

How is Zika related to microcephaly? While the Zika virus rarely results in hospitalization or death, the biggest concern is the virus’s possible link to microcephaly, a condition that causes babies to be born with unusually small heads.

Since Zika is still a health issue that the public does not know a lot about, it is suggested that consumers follow the official advice of local health authorities, along with information passed down by the CDC.

As of February 17, national health officials reported 82 Zika cases from Americans who had traveled overseas.

Brazil has confirmed more than 580 cases of microcephaly and is investigating more than 4,100 suspected cases.

Research in Brazil indicates the greatest microcephaly risk is associated with infection during the first trimester of pregnancy.

Zika infection may have life-threatening effects on unborn babies that are not just confined to the brain, a study has found.

The most common symptoms are fever, rash, joint pain and red, itchy eyes.

How can Zika be contained? It is normally transmitted through bites by the Aedes mosquito.

How widespread is the outbreak? Brazil has been the country most affected. These mosquitoes are not found in MI, but are widespread in tropical and subtropical areas.

Zika was originally identified in the 1940s in Africa.

The researchers said that it is not possible to extrapolate from a single case the overall risk for these outcomes faced by women who are exposed to the virus during pregnancy.

The CDC is advising men who have recently been to a Zika outbreak area to use a condom when they have sex with a pregnant women, or to abstain from sex during the pregnancy.

The woman in the case study seemed to have a normal pregnancy at the start, researchers from the Yale School of Health wrote. That’s how they learned Zika was present in the baby.

“The evidence is growing stronger”, Chan said while visiting the coastal city of Recife on Wednesday. The strain was also identical to what’s been spreading through Brazil.

It’s not yet clear whether or not Zika caused the defects in this individual case.