Wednesday, August 10, 2016 5:53:16 PM
Pregnant Zika Victim Alerted Officials to Florida Outbreak
Report on infected patients, including two tied to Wynwood businesses, illustrates struggle by health officials to understand and contain the first known mosquito-borne Zika outbreak in the continental U.S.
A Miami-Dade County mosquito inspector sprayed around homes in the Wynwood area of Miami last week. Photo: Miami Herald/Abaca USA
By Betsy McKay and
Melanie Evans
Updated Aug. 10, 2016 2:00 p.m. ET
MIAMI—The woman who set off the Zika scare in Florida doesn’t have a clear connection to the neighborhood where the outbreak is believed to be concentrated. She hasn’t traveled to a country where Zika is circulating and she hasn’t had sex with anyone likely to be infected.
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Most of the 1,825 confirmed cases of Zika in the U.S. mainland are related to travel to Zika-infected areas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week.
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The virus is dangerous for pregnant women, because it can damage the developing brain of a fetus. The report said the patient was given an ultrasound a week or two after the Zika infection, and her baby appeared to be growing normally.
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Zika is a hard virus to track because four out of five people who are infected aren’t aware. They don’t develop symptoms or have only mild symptoms.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/pregnant-zika-victim-alerted-officials-to-florida-outbreak-1470821406
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Report on infected patients, including two tied to Wynwood businesses, illustrates struggle by health officials to understand and contain the first known mosquito-borne Zika outbreak in the continental U.S.
A Miami-Dade County mosquito inspector sprayed around homes in the Wynwood area of Miami last week. Photo: Miami Herald/Abaca USA
By Betsy McKay and
Melanie Evans
Updated Aug. 10, 2016 2:00 p.m. ET
MIAMI—The woman who set off the Zika scare in Florida doesn’t have a clear connection to the neighborhood where the outbreak is believed to be concentrated. She hasn’t traveled to a country where Zika is circulating and she hasn’t had sex with anyone likely to be infected.
[...]
Most of the 1,825 confirmed cases of Zika in the U.S. mainland are related to travel to Zika-infected areas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week.
[...]
The virus is dangerous for pregnant women, because it can damage the developing brain of a fetus. The report said the patient was given an ultrasound a week or two after the Zika infection, and her baby appeared to be growing normally.
[...]
Zika is a hard virus to track because four out of five people who are infected aren’t aware. They don’t develop symptoms or have only mild symptoms.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/pregnant-zika-victim-alerted-officials-to-florida-outbreak-1470821406
See also:
This displays total ignorance of 'all worlds' not only third worlds.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=120415901
Ebola Vaccine Would Likely Have Been Found
By Now If Not For Budget Cuts: NIH Director
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=107160443
Drug Goes From $13.50 a Tablet to $750, Overnight
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=117138213
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