Posted on 07/18/2016 10:47:06 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who became the first person in the continental U.S. to die after being infected with the Zika virus passed it to a caregiver, creating a medical mystery about how it spread between them, health officials said Monday.
The two people did not have sexual contact and the type of mosquito that mainly spreads the virus is not found in the high-altitude area where they live, the Salt Lake County Health Department said. The caregiver is a "family contact," but officials did not give further details, including how the virus was transmitted.
"Our knowledge of this virus continues to evolve and our investigation is expected to help us better understand how this individual became infected," said Dr. Angela Dunn, deputy state epidemiologist at the Utah Department of Health. "Based on what we know so far about this case, there is no evidence that there is any risk of Zika virus transmission among the general public in Utah."
The man who died in late June caught the virus while traveling abroad to an area where mosquitoes are known to spread Zika and had an unusually high level of the virus in his blood, officials said. The exact cause of the death announced July 8 was not clear because the man was elderly and also had an underlying health condition.
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Utah authorities have refused to release additional information about the man or where he traveled, citing health privacy laws. Officials discovered the case while reviewing death certificates, and lab tests confirmed their suspicions.
The virus causes only a mild illness in most people. But during recent outbreaks in Latin America, scientists discovered that infection during pregnancy has led to severe brain-related birth defects.
More than 1,300 Zika illnesses have been reported in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, including eight in Utah, according to health officials. Almost all were people who had traveled to Zika outbreak countries and caught the virus there.
But 14 were people who had not traveled to Zika zones but had sex with someone who had.
The CDC has also been tracking pregnant women infected with Zika, and says they have five reports of pregnancy losses because of miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion.
Zika : In medical mystery, caregiver gets Zika from man who died (transmission method unknown)
If Zika is blood born I postulate the care giver did not pay close enough attention.
Caregivers are notoriously unsterile
Maybe they were having sex.
how was it transmitted?
the caregiver is a necrophiliac
The article does not specify if the caregiver is professionally trained, home care professional, or even just through 'casual employment'.
Viri are known to mutate fairly quickly, due to their simple genetic structure of their RNA .
Don't forget that just last year, the CDC had to upgrade their protective equipment in regard to the ebola virus, when several healthcare workers came down with the disease.
I believe that more will be learned about Zika as time goes on; there is still much to learn about this infectious disease
and its effects on pregnant mothers, as well as fetal development of the nervous system,
and at which stage of pregnancy the infection occurs, and its effects on the fetus.
In this case of the older, deceased, foreign traveler, at present they are unsure of what extent that zika contributed to the death, noting other underlying medical problems.
I suggest it was Colonel Mustard, in the Conservatory, and he used the syringe.
Look, Zika is much ado about nothing.
From what we’re told, it usually results in a little head, if anything.
Wuz wrong with dat?
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NWO PTB, Obola and dems have ensured that northwestern civilization is being culturally enriched to death.
Last sentence in particular is spot on
Easy enough. The caregiver could have caught it from washing bedding and clothes with excretement. Or from saliva when washing the dishes. Or picking up Kleenex. Or from bathing the man. Or cleaning the bathroom. Or any of a hundred different ways.
My 2 year old tagline still fits.
bump to the top
Thanks for ping.
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