CDC: Men Who Were in Zika Areas Should Use Condoms

“Although sexual transmission of Zika virus infection is possible, mosquito bites remain the primary way that Zika virus is transmitted”.

Day and Ruppert said that there is no risk of transmission of the disease in the county, which causes low-grade fever, rashes, joint pain and conjunctivitis in most patients.

Health officials have yet to establish a direct causal relationship between Zika virus infection and birth defects, but it is strongly suspected.

The Zika virus has been rapidly spreading across South America and Central America: The CDC has issued travel warnings for more than 25 countries.

Meera Garcia spent Friday afternoon poring over the CDC’s new Zika virus guidelines. One cases from this year involved a women who is pregnant.

Fiocruz, as the foundation is informally known, said it made the discovery after carrying out a partial genome sequencing of the virus found in the samples from the two patients.

Health officials said a person in Texas who had not traveled to an outbreak area was infected through sex.

The virus can also be spread sexually. Thousands of babies have been born in Zika-affected regions with the birth defect microcephaly (although a causal relationship has not yet been scientifically established).

Scientists pointed out there was no proof the virus could be transmitted through the fluids, but said people should take precautions, especially expectant mothers.

There have now been 11 cases of Zika virus infection among NY residents. Dr. Frieden said the CDC has more confidence in serologic testing than it did two weeks ago and is working to make test kits more widely available.

Cases of the fetal condition have spiked in Brazil in recent months. They added that they’re closely monitoring mosquito population.

The CDC’s counterpart in England, Public Health England, has recommended that women whose partners have traveled to a Zika-affected area avoid getting pregnant for 28 days after a male partner’s return, assuming he is not showing symptoms of the disease.

A spokesman says the United Nations secretary-general supports the United Nations human rights chief’s call for an urgent review of laws restricting access to sexual and reproductive health services amid the Zika outbreak.