{"id":73280,"date":"2016-02-10T10:19:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T15:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=73280"},"modified":"2016-02-10T10:19:41","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T15:19:41","slug":"ohio-reports-first-case-of-zika-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/02\/10\/ohio-reports-first-case-of-zika-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio reports first case of Zika virus"},"content":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Health is reporting Ohio\u2019s first case of Zika virus in a returning traveler from Haiti, a 30-year-old Cuyahoga County woman who lives in Cleveland. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had reported 35 cases of Zika virus in 12 states and the District of Columbia prior to Ohio\u2019s case.<\/p>\n

Zika virus is primarily transmitted through a mosquito bite, and there is no indication that it can spread from person to person through casual contact. CDC has confirmed a U.S. case of Zika virus infection in a non-traveler after the person\u2019s sexual partner returned from an affected country and developed symptoms.<\/p>\n

Planning is underway for a Zika virus tabletop exercise to ensure Ohio\u2019s preparedness at the local and state levels prior to the 2016 mosquito season that runs from May to October.<\/p>\n

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Of people infected with the Zika virus, 80 percent do not have any symptoms. When symptoms occur, they are often mild, lasting from several days to a week, and include fever, rash, joint and muscle pain, conjunctivitis (red eyes), and headache. Severe disease requiring hospitalization is uncommon. Due to the possible association between Zika virus infections in pregnant women and certain birth defects, CDC recommends that pregnant women and women trying to get pregnant consider postponing travel to areas with Zika virus transmission.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no vaccine available for Zika virus so it\u2019s important for Ohioans traveling to affected areas to take steps to prevent mosquito bites,\u201d said Dr. Mary DiOrio, medical director of the Ohio Department of Health. \u201cThere have been no reported cases of Zika virus disease transmission through mosquito bites anywhere in the continental U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n

To prevent potential transmission through sexual contact, CDC recommends men with a pregnant sex partner abstain from sexual activity or consistently and correctly use condoms during sex for the duration of the pregnancy. CDC also recommends that pregnant women without symptoms of Zika virus disease be offered testing 2 to 12 weeks after returning from areas with ongoing Zika virus transmission.<\/p>\n

CDC has issued a travel alert for people traveling to the following regions and countries where Zika virus transmission is ongoing: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S. territories; American Samoa, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cura\u04abao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Saint Martin, Samoa, Suriname, Tonga, and Venezuela.<\/p>\n

Zika virus disease has historically occurred in Africa, Southeast Asia, and islands in the Pacific Ocean.\u00a0In May 2015, Zika virus was found for the first time in the Western Hemisphere in northeastern Brazil.\u00a0The virus has since spread throughout much of the Caribbean, Central America and South America.<\/p>\n

The primary mosquito that transmits Zika virus is found in the tropics and southern U.S., but it is not established in Ohio.\u00a0Another type of mosquito found in Ohio may potentially transmit Zika virus, although it has not yet been implicated in the transmission of human cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrevention of mosquito-borne Zika virus transmission is the same as prevention of any other mosquito-borne diseases,\u201d Dr. DiOrio said. \u201cThis includes taking precautions to prevent mosquito bites — such as using insect repellents, limiting exposure where and when mosquitoes are most active, and removing breeding sources, such as containers that collect standing water.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information about the Zika virus, visit www.odh.ohio.gov\/zika<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Health is reporting Ohio\u2019s first case of Zika virus in a returning traveler from Haiti, a 30-year-old Cuyahoga County woman who lives in Cleveland. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had reported 35 cases of Zika virus in 12 states and the District of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 07:42:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}