First case of Zika virus confirmed in New Hampshire

Mar 04, 2016, 12:54

Health and Human Services continues to monitor it, along with partner agencies, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Officials said sexual transmission of the virus is not as common as it is through the bite of infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

Officials said the child had symptoms, including the typical rash and has not experienced any complications. About 80 percent of those infected with the virus do not develop any symptoms.

The case is not a threat to public health, officials say, but they would not disclose when the woman traveled to Central America or what country or countries, she visited. "It is not transmitted through casual or close contact", Chan said.

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With two new cases, Miami-Dade County is now reporting 19 Zika infections, bringing up the state's total to 44, according to the Florida Department of Health.

SA Health today announced a 25-year-old man who had recently returned from overseas had been diagnosed with the virus, the 14th confirmed case in Australia.

The first case of the Zika virus has been confirmed in Utah.

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It is transmitted through bites from the same kind of mosquitoes that can spread other tropical diseases, like dengue fever, chikungunya and yellow fever.

Despite the new Zika virus case, chief medical officer Professor Paddy Phillips assured the public that there was no risk of spreading the disease in SA.

Baldwin said there is no vaccine to prevent the virus and no treatment for it. Those who do become infected are recommended to rest and take regular types of precaution.

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