Zika Virus reaches the United States

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it will also make treatment guidelines and distribute them to local hospitals across the country.

The World Health Organization has estimated up to 4 million cases of Zika virus could spread across the Americas over the course of this year.

Health authorities are on alert after the first cases of the dreaded Zika virus were detected in a man and woman in Ireland.

For most people, Zika virus doesn’t cause much worse than a week of rash, fever, and conjunctivitis. Sexual partners can protect themselves by using condoms, health officials say.

DCHHS advises individuals with symptoms to see a healthcare provider if they have visited an area where Zika virus is present or had sexual contact with a person who traveled to an area where Zika virus is present.

In 2013, Zika was isolated from semen – further demonstrating the potential for Zika sexual transmission.

The CDC issued a travel advisory last week warning pregnant women to avoid 14 countries and territories affected by the virus.

As a safety measure, The American Red Cross has urged prospective blood donors returning from Zika-hit countries to wait at least 28 days before donating their blood.

The virus has has been thought to spread through mosquito bite contributed to deaths op several babies in South America. He’s studied fetal diseases for years, but until recently heard little of the Zika Virus.

Over the past two weeks “Zika”, a disease transmitted by a type of mosquito called Aedes aegypti, has been widely reported in the global press. The Zika virus is spread by mosquito bites, but investigators have been exploring the possibility of the virus spreading through sex.

However, the CDC has not investigated how the virus was transmitted. There’s no vaccine to prevent the virus or a medication to treat it, the CDC said.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has already issued travel advisories to pregnant women who may be travelling to affected countries, such as Brazil, Mexico and El Salvador.