NBC4i : reported that Clark County reports suspected case of Zika virus

SPRINGFIELD, OH (WCMH) — The Clark County Combined Health District has reported a suspected case of Zika virus in a resident who returned from traveling recently. According to the health district, the suspected person is recovering at home and there is no evidence that Zika is being transmitted locally. The CCCHD says the most common symptoms of Zika virus disease "are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes)." The illness is typically mild and goes away within one week. Zika is transmitted to people primarily through the bite of an infected mosquito. Health officials are currently canvassing the Willow Chase neighborhood north of Springfield to educate residents on how to protect themselves.

Zika virus could be 'major concern' in Orange County in 5-8 years without proper mosquito abatement, grand jury says – Orange County Register

The spread of the Zika virus, which can cause birth defects, could be a "major concern" locally within five to eight years, according to an Orange County grand jury report. District Manager Rick Howard suggested that Zika could become a regional problem even sooner than the grand jury stated. Though the grand jury made no recommendations regarding the aerial spraying of pesticides, it declared the controversial technique to be harmless to humans, pets and the environment. UC Riverside professor of entomology Bill Walton said he expects people to contract Zika from mosquitoes in Orange County even sooner than the grand jury noted. It also noted that the district's board has disregarded staff recommendations to use the method.

Alaskan gets infected with Zika virus in Central America

The second, which was reported as the state's first case at the time, involved a man visiting Sitka for work who had traveled to Central America. Lynch said Friday that Alaska's first Zika case was reported in 2007, in a patient who visited the Pacific Ocean island of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia.


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