Seven in SC tested for Zika so far

CDC also advises that pregnant women postpone travel to any area where the virus is being transmitted, and that those who have traveled to one of the endemic countries and have two or more symptoms within two weeks of travel should be tested.

The scientists said they used genetic testing to identify the virus in saliva and urine samples from the two patients, who had symptoms caused by Zika infection, and determined that the virus was active, meaning it had the potential to cause infection.

The World Health Organization, which has declared the rise in Zika-linked birth defects an global emergency, warns that Zika could infect up to four million people in the Americas and spread worldwide.

The mosquito-borne virus is most prevalent in Latin America, particularly Brazil, and poses its greatest danger to pregnant women.

A To avoid mosquito bites, wear long sleeves and long pants tucked into socks, and use Deet-based insect repellent on exposed skin.

Among them will likely be pregnant women, the population most vulnerable to the devastating affects of the virus.

Pregnant women will be first to receive them. The officials from the Dallas health department said that a traveler came back from a Zika-affected country and passed the disease to a partner. They said more research was needed to determine whether Zika could be transmitted by either fluid.

“We have to explain to those coming to Brazil, the athletes, that there is zero risk if you are not a pregnant woman”, Reuters news agency quoted Wagner as saying.

Zika is spread via mosquitoes. If symptoms suggest he has may have contracted Zika virus, the recommended duration is six months.

Guidance from the on Zika virus, its transmission, treatment, and response to the outbreak will continue to be updated as more becomes known.

The Health Ministry says in a statement that the woman traveled to Colombia, was presumably infected during the trip and is in her second trimester of pregnancy.

But health experts fear the typical approach will do little to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries Zika.

“At the peak of virus replication in the blood, virus can often be detected in other body fluids, but the levels of virus are often much lower and there is no obvious or efficient means for the virus to get from that bodily fluid into another person’s bloodstream.”

In this case, a man returning from Venezuela infected his female partner with the virus through intercourse.

Researchers also are investigating a possible link – in adults – between Zika infection and Guillain-Barre syndrome, a condition involving numbness and temporary paralysis.