-> ,validPeriod= As reported by the BBC in the United States diagnosed the first case of HIV transmission through sex zika (MARIANA BAZO / REUTERS / REUTERS) 1 -> Alaka Basu, a senior advisor. Public Health Foundation of the United Nations told the BBC that if indeed become infected through sexual contact, this case is "significant". the first such case although Texas has recorded seven other cases of the virus zika, all were associated with travel abroad. BBC says Anne Schuchat, chief deputy director of the CDC, is the first case in which the infection has been a person who has not traveled to countries covered by the epidemic. CDC issued a statement, according to which the best way to avoid infection is "to prevent bites of mosquitoes and avoid contamination from the seed of someone who has been exposed to zika." The American Red Cross urged potential blood donors returning from countries covered by the epidemic, that for at least 28 days held with the donation. "Samoodroczenie" is recommended to those who over the last month remained in Mexico, the Caribbean, South and Central America. Meanwhile, two cases of the virus have been confirmed zika also in Australia. As authorities said, two residents of Sydney recently returned from the Caribbean. In Brazil - the country most affected by the epidemic - reported so far 3670 cases of microcephaly in children, presumably associated with the virus zika. WHO recognized Zika as a "global threat". How to fight the virus? Outbreak of microcephaly in newborns Virus zika found in blood and semen infected, but so far not found to be transferred from person to person. It is spread by mosquitoes. Virus infection is usually asymptomatic, but in every five infected people appear flu-like symptoms. In some infected may develop a serious complication in which the immune system attacks the nerves. The most dangerous zika can be for pregnant women. Scientists suspect that pregnant have passed the infection in the first trimester, much more likely to give birth to children with congenital malformation - microcephaly (microcephaly). Head of WHO Margaret Chan, stipulated that for now "there is no scientific evidence" proving this relationship, and its verification may take six to nine months. 1 February the World Health Organization announced that the outbreak of the virus Zika constitutes " threat to public health on a global scale ", but did not put forward any plan of action. Last warning against the threat to the health of the global WHO released in 2014 because of the epidemic of Ebola in Western Africa, which killed more than 11 thousand. people. Earlier, a similar message was issued on poliomyelitis (polio) and avian influenza. In August the Summer Olympic Games in Brazil For the first time zika virus was detected in 1947. macaques living in flocks zika forest in Uganda (hence the name of the virus). Over the next decades, they dragged him to the South-East Asia, and from there to the islands of the Pacific. Probably Pacific Islander virus zika was przywleczony to Brazil when the country was visited by millions of fans to watch the World Cup football in 2014. In the last year infected with the virus according to various estimates, more than half over million Brazilians. From there, the virus spreads to other countries in South and Central America. In August, in Rio de Janeiro, to be held the Summer Olympics, which will bring together hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world. So far, there were no Polish mosquitoes carrying the virus, but the European Centre for. Disease Control and Prevention provides that the species Aedes albopictus , which has already appeared in southern Europe, weather permitting can reach up to the edges of southern Scandinavia. Subscribe to digital Electoral available through the internet, phone, tablet and eReader from 19.90 per month to assess login or zarejestrujX
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