According to World Health Organization, is currently in Brazil and other American countries ravaged Zika virus may spread through sexual contact between humans. It has found a case of possible human transmission cases and Zika virus was isolated from a male patient's semen, but still needs more study of whether the transmission Zika virus to confirm sexual transmission .
Currently, the Zika virus is mainly spread in Brazil, Colombia and other American countries. WHO warned that the next Zika virus may spread to most countries in the Americas, to be prepared in advance to deal with?
Outside the American continent, Britain was first discovered last week in the local Zika hot cases, three patients had traveled to the Americas regional tourism; one born in Hawaii on the 17th head newborns were confirmed infected with the Zika virus.
Since October 2015, the newborn Microcephaly cases thousands of cases have been reported in Brazil, which is considered to be related to Zika virus infection in pregnant women. Although the medical community is still not a hundred percent confirmed Microcephaly and Zika virus infected mothers concerned, but the WHO Director-General Margaret Chan, 25, said the current number of available evidence does point to a causal relationship between the two, which a situation particularly worrying.
Currently, Colombia and Jamaica, the government has recommended that pregnant women will plan their postponed 6-8 months to avoid the current Zika virus peak.
British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, 25, said, is studying the possibility of Zika virus vaccine prevention. France also said Sanofi Pasteur vaccine R & D related.
Zika virus is usually spread through mosquito bites, which cause Zika fever, symptoms similar to dengue fever, including fever, rash, headache, joint pain, muscle pain and non-purulent conjunctivitis. The virus originated in Africa, was first discovered in 2014 in Brazil.
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