Saturday, August 27, 2016

First known case of sexual Zika transmission without symptoms : wtvr





as mentioned in wtvr

First known case of sexual Zika transmission without symptoms

First known case of sexual Zika transmission without symptoms
First known case of sexual Zika transmission without symptoms
A man who had no idea he had Zika has given the virus to his female partner during sex, the Centers for Disease Control announced Friday.It's the first documented case of a person with no symptoms sexually transmitting the virus to a partner who had not traveled to an area of active Zika circulation.The announcement came the same day the Food and Drug Administration revised its guidance to recommend that all blood donations in the United States and its territories be tested for the Zika virus.


besides asiaone

First case of locally transmitted Zika infection reported in Singapore, Health Health News

First case of locally transmitted Zika infection reported in Singapore, Health Health News
First case of locally transmitted Zika infection reported in Singapore, Health Health News
Singapore has had its first case of locally transmitted infection of the Zika virus, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a joint statement today (Aug 27).The patient is a 47-year-old Malaysian woman who lives at Block 102, Aljunied Crescent, which is not in an active dengue cluster but near two active ones.She was tested positive for Zika today, two days after she started to develop fever, rash and conjunctivitis.


not to mention straitstimes

Singapore hit by first case of locally transmitted Zika virus infection, Singapore News & Top Stories

Singapore hit by first case of locally transmitted Zika virus infection, Singapore News & Top Stories
Singapore hit by first case of locally transmitted Zika virus infection, Singapore News & Top Stories
SINGAPORE - In the first case of locally-transmitted Zika infection here, a 47-year-old Malaysian woman living in Aljunied Crescent tested positive for the virus on Saturday (Aug 27) at the Communicable Diseases Centre (CDC) at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.The patient, who had not travelled to Zika-affected areas recently, had developed symptoms two days earlier and was referred to the CDC by a geeral practitioner the day after, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a statement.She is hospitalised but is recovering.


Singapore hit by first case of locally transmitted Zika virus infection, Singapore News & Top Stories

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