Utah child is first confirmed Zika virus case in the state

Mar 04, 2016, 11:43
Utah child is first confirmed Zika virus case in the state

The time from exposure to symptoms for the Zika virus disease is not known, but is likely to be a few days to a week.

Cases of Zika have reached epidemic levels in that country, most of South America, throughout Central America, parts of Mexico, and much of the Caribbean.

The man's symptoms went away but then the woman became sick, leading her health care provider to alert the state for testing. Zika has been linked to a rare birth defect in newborns, many of whom are born with abnormally small heads.

The department also reported four new confirmed cases of dengue, bringing the total for 2016 to seven.

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Zika virus infections have been confirmed in nine pregnant women in the US, including one who gave birth to a baby with severe microcephaly, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said last week.

Officials did not release any details about the two people or where they live, other than to say that they are adults. There is neither a vaccine to prevent nor medication to treat Zika. Three of the women delivered babies, including one with microcephaly.

An Aedes aegypti mosquito that can transmit the Zika virus.

Lee Memorial's System Director of Epidemiology Stephen Streed said most people with Zika don't show symptoms.

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Dan Fulton, a specialist in the Infectious Diseases Department at McFarland Clinic, said that along with precautions against the Zika virus, travelers to the affected areas should also consider preventable diseases such as Hepatitis A and Typhoid fever.

Two Ashburton women, both aged in their 30s, were confirmed as having the Zika virus in February after visiting Samoa and North Canterbury woman Piliniuote Fifita, 40, contracted the virus in January after visiting Tonga.

Prof Phillips said anyone travelling to Zika-affected areas should reduce the risk of mosquito bites by wearing loose-fitting long-sleeved clothes and using an insect repellent containing picaridin or DEET.

Zika can be sexually transmitted, although there is limited data about the risk.

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