Posted on 04/08/2016 7:23:00 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe
We received a notice yesterday of our first case of confirmed Zika in Shelby County," says Alisa Haushalter, Director of Health Services in Shelby County.
FOX13 has learned the man, who remains unidentified, contracted the Zika virus while he was in either South America, Central America or the Caribbean recently.
Third case of Zika virus confirmed in Mississippi
Haushalter says, “I know that it's a country that had Zika there.”
Haushalter says when the man returned home he was feeling under the weather. He contacted the health department and then went to his doctor.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox13memphis.com ...
Zika ping... other story links at site.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/29/zika-virus-spread-americas-texas-researcher
“In 2014 there were 379 human cases and six deaths in Texas, according to state statistics.”
“The World Health Organisation has warned that the virus is spreading “explosively” through the Americas, with one estimate that there could be as many as 4m infections across the continent over the next year... “I’m quite convinced it’s going to be all over the Caribbean within the next few weeks. And then, where’s next?” he said. “Where we’re standing here in the Gulf Coast … Pretty much all of the Gulf Coast cities are vulnerable but Houston is the largest.”
This virus is spread by sexual contact. Never mind the mosquitos. It will be very hard to stop.
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