Brazilian lab detects Zika virus in saliva, urine

There is no treatment or vaccine for Zika.

If you have been following the news now, you should have heard of a story about a odd virus called ZIKA.

Active Zika virus has been detected in saliva and urine, a Brazilian public health institute said Friday, posing new questions for researchers trying to understand how the virus could spread.

How does ZIKA infection show itself?

When asked about the importance of sharing samples, Dr. Sylvie Briand said obtaining samples wasn’t critical because the mosquito-borne virus had not mutated. Microcephaly results in babies being born with abnormally small heads that can lead to severe development delays and even death. He added that his agency is working with researchers in Brazil to study a potential link between Zika and a wider array of developmental disorders in babies.

How is Zika related to microcephaly?

All 44 Senate Democrats and two independents sent Obama a letter urging him to use money from last year’s government-wide spending bill to come up with a comprehensive response plan to combat Zika, both overseas and in the U.S.

The outbreak of Zika infections, which started in northeastern Brazil, has been linked to more than 4,000 suspected cases of microcephaly in the country. Scott explains his plan moving forward and the risk of pregnant women contracting the virus.

What are the symptoms of Zika infection?

The U.S. agency also updated another interim guidance recommending pregnant women without symptoms of Zika virus disease can be offered testing two to 12 weeks after returning from areas with ongoing Zika virus transmission.

Luckily Latin American religious leaders have seen through the lies and are demanding that global efforts should be focused on eradicating the virus, not the youngest members of the human family who may be infected by it.

According to the CDC, the virus is primarily transmitted by mosquitos and can not be transmitted by casual person-to-person contact.

How can Zika be contained? This is why Zambia and its neighbours need to be alert and take all measures to prevent the spread of the virus.

It said men with a pregnant partner who live in or have traveled to an area of active Zika transmission and their partner should consistently and correctly use condoms during sex or abstain for the duration of the pregnancy. Brazil has been the nation most affected.

Meera Garcia spent Friday afternoon poring over the CDC’s new Zika virus guidelines. Then, that mosquito would have to bite another person. Outbreaks of Zika virus disease have been recorded in Africa, the Americas, Southern Asia and the Western Pacific. French Polynesia, Brazil, Colombia, and El Salvador have reported increases in GBS cases associated with Zika outbreaks. Mosquitoes that spread Zika virus bite mostly during the daytime and are the same mosquitoes that spread dengue and chikungunya viruses.

The PAHO also said Zika can be transmitted through blood, but this is an infrequent transmission mechanism.

Puerto Rico has 22 confirmed Zika cases. The virus may also be behind an apparent rise in the number of cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a progressive paralysis.