BREAKING: Asymptomatic Case of Zika infects others

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   This could be the worst news to date regarding Zika.  An asymptomatic case has been sexually transmitted person to person.  In other words, someone with no symptoms has passed Zika to another person. This opens the door for Zika to spread silently across the U.S. and potentially globally.   Starting to rethink that Zika may be the next pandemic.  Pretty sure Zika will now hit all states as time goes on.

First known case of sexual Zika transmission without symptoms

 (CNN)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 today.
 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.
Zika can hide in vagina, baby's bloodstream
The
 asymptomatic Zika transmission "illustrates the need for careful 
precautions when visiting an area where Zika is circulating," said Dr. 
John Brooks, a medical epidemiologist with the CDC. "Be sure to wear 
insect repellent and appropriate clothing, and use CDC guidance on safe 
sex when you return. This is especially critical for women who are 
pregnant or trying to conceive and their partners.
"Pregnant
 couples need to defer unprotected sexual contact for the entire 
pregnancy, even if the exposed partner never develops symptoms of Zika. A
 few months of precautions can prevent devastating lifelong defects for 
the developing fetus."
Exposure to 
the Zika virus during the first trimester, including before a woman even
 realizes she is pregnant, has been linked to a devastating birth defect
 called microcephaly, in which the infant is born with a small head and 
underdeveloped brain. Infants with that disorder face overwhelming 
obstacles such as seizures, eye and hearing problems, failure to thrive 
and even death. Infants exposed later in pregnancy may escape 
microcephaly but can continue to have abnormal brain development and 
learning disabilities. 
Zika virus: Planning a family is different now
The
 historic case came to the attention of the Maryland Department of 
Health in June. A woman reported typical signs of a Zika infection 16 
days after she had unprotected sex with her male partner, who had 
recently returned from the Dominican Republic, an area of active Zika 
transmission. The woman had not traveled, had no other sex partners for 
14 days before onset of her symptoms and had received no blood products 
or organ transplants.
Her male 
partner had been bitten by mosquitoes during his travel but had no signs
 of Zika infection, which typically include rash, red eyes, fever and 
malaise, He told officials he had only felt tired, which he attributed 
to travel. Yet two serum tests confirmed the presence of Zika antibodies
 in his blood.
"This is not 
surprising," Brooks said. "Our recommendations had considered the 
transmission from a person who seems otherwise healthy, because four out
 of five people who are infected with Zika won't develop symptoms."
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Though
 agreeing that this development could be worrisome to pregnant women, 
Brooks said it's "reassuring to us at the CDC that all other cases of 
sexual transmission, with the exception of a possible case in France, 
have been between people who eventually developed symptoms." 
The
 French case involved a couple who had both traveled to Martinique, 
where Zika was active, and was discovered through a routine blood test a
 few months after their return. 
"She
 didn't develop Zika until about 40 days after she got home," said 
Brooks, "so it's possible she was infected via sex, but it's also 
possible that it was a very delayed incubation from a mosquito bite."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/26/health/zika-transmitted-via-sex-without-symptoms/index.html

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	This could be the worst news to date regarding Zika. An asymptomatic case has been sexually transmitted person to person. In other words, someone with no symptoms has passed Zika to another person. This opens the door for Zika to spread silently across the U.S. and potentially globally. Starting to rethink that Zika may be the next pandemic. Pretty sure Zika will now hit all states as time goes on. First known case of sexual Zika transmission without symptoms (CNN)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 today. 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. Zika can hide in vagina, baby's bloodstream The asymptomatic Zika transmission "illustrates the need for careful precautions when visiting an area where Zika is circulating," said Dr. John Brooks, a medical epidemiologist with the CDC. "Be sure to wear insect repellent and appropriate clothing, and use CDC guidance on safe sex when you return. This is especially critical for women who are pregnant or trying to conceive and their partners. "Pregnant couples need to defer unprotected sexual contact for the entire pregnancy, even if the exposed partner never develops symptoms of Zika. A few months of precautions can prevent devastating lifelong defects for the developing fetus." Exposure to the Zika virus during the first trimester, including before a woman even realizes she is pregnant, has been linked to a devastating birth defect called microcephaly, in which the infant is born with a small head and underdeveloped brain. Infants with that disorder face overwhelming obstacles such as seizures, eye and hearing problems, failure to thrive and even death. Infants exposed later in pregnancy may escape microcephaly but can continue to have abnormal brain development and learning disabilities. Zika virus: Planning a family is different now The historic case came to the attention of the Maryland Department of Health in June. A woman reported typical signs of a Zika infection 16 days after she had unprotected sex with her male partner, who had recently returned from the Dominican Republic, an area of active Zika transmission. The woman had not traveled, had no other sex partners for 14 days before onset of her symptoms and had received no blood products or organ transplants. Her male partner had been bitten by mosquitoes during his travel but had no signs of Zika infection, which typically include rash, red eyes, fever and malaise, He told officials he had only felt tired, which he attributed to travel. Yet two serum tests confirmed the presence of Zika antibodies in his blood. "This is not surprising," Brooks said. "Our recommendations had considered the transmission from a person who seems otherwise healthy, because four out of five people who are infected with Zika won't develop symptoms." Join the conversation See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. Though agreeing that this development could be worrisome to pregnant women, Brooks said it's "reassuring to us at the CDC that all other cases of sexual transmission, with the exception of a possible case in France, have been between people who eventually developed symptoms." The French case involved a couple who had both traveled to Martinique, where Zika was active, and was discovered through a routine blood test a few months after their return. "She didn't develop Zika until about 40 days after she got home," said Brooks, "so it's possible she was infected via sex, but it's also possible that it was a very delayed incubation from a mosquito bite." http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/26/health/zika-transmitted-via-sex-without-symptoms/index.html
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