Zika Status Major Points Update August 2016
August 28, 2016
Does trying to get a grapple-hold on the ins and outs of Zika seem like the whole idea surrounding Zika is a bit abstract?
Here are some straightforward points that can help you protect against Zika illness concerns:
What the Zika concept is all about in terms of how it got started and how it is a danger
Today, 'Zika' is understood as a virus. When people ill are discussed, it means they have contracted the Zika virus. The name Zika, is taken from a forest in Uganda, where the virus was figured out by scientists in the mid 1940s.
How is Zika virus spread?
When a mosquito that is infected by the virus. In a chain of events, a mosquito bites an infected person, then after being infected, bites another person which infects him or her.
Zika virus can also be spread in the same way many other bodily contact diseases are spread.
Where is Zika sickness outbreak happening the most right now?
The coastal states, bordering the Atlantic, Pacific, and Central America, appear to have the highest incidence of Zika, according to maps provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The State of New York has over 600, and Florida over 470, travel related cases according to Centers, around a minimum of 3 times higher as the next highest number of cases state, California, with over 150 cases, then Texas with over 100, then the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Massachusetts are protuberant compared to numbers in other states where cases are reported, but less than 100.
Puerto Rico has between 8 and 9 thousand locally acquired cases reported.
What are some ways to protect from Zika illness?
Here are some straightforward points that can help you protect against Zika illness concerns:
What the Zika concept is all about in terms of how it got started and how it is a danger
Today, 'Zika' is understood as a virus. When people ill are discussed, it means they have contracted the Zika virus. The name Zika, is taken from a forest in Uganda, where the virus was figured out by scientists in the mid 1940s.
How is Zika virus spread?
When a mosquito that is infected by the virus. In a chain of events, a mosquito bites an infected person, then after being infected, bites another person which infects him or her.
Zika virus can also be spread in the same way many other bodily contact diseases are spread.
Where is Zika sickness outbreak happening the most right now?
The coastal states, bordering the Atlantic, Pacific, and Central America, appear to have the highest incidence of Zika, according to maps provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The State of New York has over 600, and Florida over 470, travel related cases according to Centers, around a minimum of 3 times higher as the next highest number of cases state, California, with over 150 cases, then Texas with over 100, then the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Massachusetts are protuberant compared to numbers in other states where cases are reported, but less than 100.
Puerto Rico has between 8 and 9 thousand locally acquired cases reported.
What are some ways to protect from Zika illness?
- Where protective lengths of clothing, such as long sleeve shirts, especially in areas where outbreaks are known.
- Use insect repellent as appropriate.
- Keep skin clean through appropriate numbers of bath, which hopefully will reduce the likelihood of mosquitoes being attracted to unclean conditions.
- Having a physical deterrent apparatus such as a hanging mosquito repellent to protect your house can help, especially when resting; resting with a protective covering when infected mosquitoes are abundant in the surroundings, and make sure window screens do not have any holes where mosquitoes can get in, are recommended
- When traveling, have the Zika readiness tools in the packing list
Posted by HCN.
