Zika virus infection ‘through sex’ reported in US

The timing has fuelled strong suspicions that Zika is causing the birth defect.

The virus is spread primarily by mosquitoes.

A pregnant woman is among the seven people identified as being infected with the Zika virus in Spain after visiting affected countries.

“Based on what we know now, the best way to avoid Zika virus infection is to prevent mosquito bites AND to avoid exposure to semen from someone who has been exposed to Zika virus or has been ill from Zika virus infection”, the CDC says. He said the state only has enough to test 475 people.

On Tuesday, Health officials confirmed that the mosquito-born Zika virus had come to Dallas.

“Transmission of the virus through blood transfusion is very rare and not an important factor in the epidemic”.

But the Spanish health authorities said that worldwide travel and global warming could help the Aedes aegypti spread to the tiger mosquito, which is rife in Spain. She says the spread of the virus will definitely change her travel plans.

The mosquito-borne virus is being blamed for causing brain and head defects in newborn babies. County health officials said the four cases are not connected to the previous two cases announced earlier this week and that they involve people who recently traveled out of the country. Medical investigators also strongly suspect the disease was transmitted in 2008 by a husband to his wife in Colorado shortly after he returned from a country with a Zika outbreak.

But Schaffner questioned whether either will lead to widespread transmission of Zika.

The ongoing Zika virus outbreak has been detected in at least 20 countries, including the United States, and the number of Zika cases reported here in the US continues to grow daily.

Canada and Britain have already moved to protect their blood supplies. USA health officials are still working on national guidelines.

No unprotected sex for 28 days after returning from an area where Zika is being actively transmitted.

So far only the only cases of zika infections in Europe were in people who had contracted the virus while overseas. The agency asked donors who give blood and subsequently develop symptoms consistent with Zika within 14 days to notify the Red Cross so the product can be quarantined.

“He said Monday that the union’s 7,000 workers will go on stage if Brazil’s health ministry doesn’t meet their demands by Thursday”.

“The Department of Health can confirm three Zika cases in Washington, DC – one in 2015 and two in 2016”, Williams said in a follow-up email. Scott extended his order to a fifth county on Thursday.

The disease starts with a mosquito bite and normally causes little more than a fever and rash.