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To: trisham
97 cases? It’s only a matter of time before it enters the local mosquito population.

If a non-Zika carrying mosquito bites someone carrying Zika can it then transmit the virus to another individual when it bites them?

12 posted on 08/09/2016 10:12:39 AM PDT by 444Flyer (How long O LORD?)
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To: 444Flyer

Yes.

http://www.cdc.gov/zika/vector/range.html

And:
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/transmission/index.html

Through mosquito bites
Zika virus is transmitted to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito (Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus). These are the same mosquitoes that spread dengue and chikungunya viruses.

These mosquitoes typically lay eggs in and near standing water in things like buckets, bowls, animal dishes, flower pots and vases. They prefer to bite people, and live indoors and outdoors near people.
Mosquitoes that spread chikungunya, dengue, and Zika are aggressive daytime biters, but they can also bite at night.
Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on a person already infected with the virus. Infected mosquitoes can then spread the virus to other people through bites.


13 posted on 08/09/2016 10:21:23 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: 444Flyer
If a non-Zika carrying mosquito bites someone carrying Zika can it then transmit the virus to another individual when it bites them?

Yes according to the CDC: Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on a person already infected with the virus. Infected mosquitoes can then spread the virus to other people through bites.

http://www.cdc.gov/zika/transmission/index.html

14 posted on 08/09/2016 10:32:46 AM PDT by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: 444Flyer

Good question and the answer is probably maybe. The CDC recently had to admit you can get it by having sex with a Zika infected person.

Everytime I think about changing my tagline, some other third world disease pops up.


16 posted on 08/09/2016 10:40:43 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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