Zika virus case reported in Rockland

“Pregnant women and mothers with newborn babies who have visited affected countries should consult with their health care providers”.

But the CDC said it was issuing the interim recommendations to stop sexual transmission, however rare, because of concerns over Zika’s potential link to birth defects. The condition has been linked to microcephaly in newborns in countries stricken with the virus, but it’s not clear if the illness causes the birth defect.

“We are not aware of any prior mosquito borne disease with this outcome of what seems to be occurring with Zika in Brazil”.

Gavel said more tests need to be carried out to definitively confirm the above-mentioned hypothesis.

“I’m on my third tube of it”, she said.

Broward County has joined four other Florida counties on the Public Health Emergency list.

What is the Zika virus?

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revised its guidelines on dealing with Zika virus. There haven’t been reports of infected women passing Zika to male sex partners, the CDC said in a statement.

And no unprotected sex for six months after recovering from a Zika infection.

Generally, men who have traveled or live in areas with local Zika transmission who are anxious about sexual transmission should consider using condoms or abstain.

WA Health chief health officer Tarun Weeramanthri said there was no risk to people who had not recently travelled to a Zika-affected country. Two cases have been confirmed this year, and one was confirmed last year: All involved travel to South or Central America.

And with new research showing the virus is detected in urine, and saliva, the conversations on Zika are just beginning.

The issue is that many people who contract Zika virus might not know they have it. Only 1 in 5 people who have Zika develop symptoms, and those symptoms are typically mild: fatigue, aches, pain, and a skin rash. On Thursday, Brazilian health officials said they had confirmed two cases of transmission through blood transfusions.