3 pregnant women in Florida diagnosed with Zika virus

Feb 25, 2016, 16:23

All Zika testing is now done by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control because the state doesn't yet have the ability, but Minicuci said should within the next few weeks.

While Florida's cases to date have originated through foreign travel, the state urges residents and visitors to protect themselves from mosquitoes.

However, Health Minister Cameron Dick has conceded there may be "a small number of infected" insects, after a man who tested positive for the disease was found in an area where the mosquitoes are present. It is also known to be transmittable through sexual contact and blood transfusions. There are now 14 new cases of reported sexual transmission.

The CDC said in two of the new suspected sexual transmission events, Zika virus infection was confirmed in women whose only known risk factor was sexual contact with an ill male partner.

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When the disease detectives are done with this historic research, they hope to shed light on these two crucial questions: What are the chances that a woman who contracts Zika during her pregnancy will have a baby with microcephaly?

"Now that all these birth defects and associated conditions have come out, Zika is turning into a game-changer", said Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, an assistant professor in Emory University's Department of Environmental Sciences.

The CDC said Zika fever is generally mild with a rash, fever and joint pain.

Doctors have suggested that people traveling to Zika-affected areas should use condoms or abstain from sex while their partner is pregnant. Because there now is no vaccine or treatment for Zika virus, the best way to avoid Zika virus infection is to prevent mosquito bites.

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Brazil said this week it has confirmed more than 580 cases of microcephaly, and considers majority to be related to Zika infections in the mothers. The antibody tests allow individuals to see if they ever had the Zika virus. So far, more than 100 people throughout the United States have been diagnosed with the virus. State health officials are also waiting on test results from at least three other people who may have contracted the virus while traveling.

Queensland health authorities will begin spraying mosquitoes in the yards of homes and businesses within a 200m radius of a Rockhampton hotel where the mosquito that carries the Zika virus has been found.

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