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dont forget ...6 ...ya aints gots a fuckin clue whats ya be talkin ...bout
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keep on votin ...fer illegal immigration
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Anyone going to upcoming Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro?.....
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My point of view is that Upstate NY is a notorious area for in which the majority of hobbyists insist on BBBJ.
Additionally, many people who hobby travel.
I think it's not so much about getting knocked up that makes this very important information.
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Originally Posted by Bluee
Unless you are seeing someone who has traveled to the hot zones,
the risk of catching Zika in upstate is very low.
1) It is not mosquito season. It's just too cold.
2) Species of mosquitoes known to carry the virus are not native to Northern USA.
3) Except for 1 or 2 people who died of the Zika virus side effects, not the virus it self,
there is no known risk to developed humans, at this point.
4) Once infected, though, humans will develop anti bodies to prevent future infections.
5) Only known risk, at this point, is to developing fetuses.
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According to my research on this potential threat for sex workers:
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/transmission/
"Through mosquito bites
Zika virus is transmitted to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species
mosquito (A. aegypti and A. albopictus)."
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/hc-providers...nsmission.html
"There is evidence that the Zika virus can be sexually transmitted from a man to his sex
partners. Until we know more, the man might consider abstaining from sex or using condoms
the right way every time for vaginal, anal, and oral sex (fellatio or mouth-to-penis). "
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6505e1.htm
"Recent evidence suggests a possible association between maternal Zika virus infection and
adverse fetal outcomes, such as congenital microcephaly (4,5), as well as a possible
association with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Currently, no vaccine or medication exists to
prevent or treat Zika virus infection. "
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/transmission/
"Through infected blood or sexual contact
Spread of the virus through blood transfusion and sexual contact have been reported."
"Rarely, from mother to child
A mother already infected with Zika virus near the time of delivery can pass on the virus
to her newborn around the time of birth, but this is rare."
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/united-states.html
"Zika virus disease in the United States, 2015–2016"
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/americas.html
"Countries and Territories in the Americas with Active Zika Virus Transmission"
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/active-countries.html
"All Countries and Territories with Active Zika Virus Transmission"
http://www.npr.org/2016/02/02/465246.../>
zika-dengue
"The WHO says the possible link between serious birth defects and the Zika virus is a
global health emergency. Renee Montagne talks to Laura Harrington, an entomologist at
Cornell University.
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
The World Health Organization has deemed the possible link between serious birth defects
and the Zika virus as an international health emergency. As we all know now, the virus is
spread by mosquitoes. Laura Harrington is an entomologist at Cornell University. She's an
expert on mosquitoes and expects to see cases from people being bitten by those carrying
the Zika virus right here in the U.S.
LAURA HARRINGTON: Well, I think this spring as the mosquito populations start to increase,
we should be especially cautious about locations where we've had locally-transmitted Dengue
virus. The same mosquito species that transmits Zika also transmits Dengue. It's confined
primarily to Florida, South Florida, along the Gulf states and Southern Texas with a few
small populations in Arizona and California.
MONTAGNE: Does that really mean that that's where it will stay, this particular mosquito
and this particular disease?
HARRINGTON: Not necessarily. Not a lot of attention has been paid to the Asian tiger
mosquito, which is another species which we believe can also transmit Zika virus. It has a
much broader range. It's found all the way north into coastal areas of Connecticut, Long
Island and the New York metro area."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23802440
"Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti in the continental United States: a vector at the cool margin of
its geographic range."
http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/resou...r-control.html
"CHIKV, DENV, YFV, and ZIKV are maintained in enzootic transmission cycles in forested
areas of Africa, Asia, or South America. YFV is only endemic in Africa and South America.
In urban and suburban areas however, these arboviruses are transmitted between people by
Aedes mosquitoes in the subgenus Stegomyia especially Ae. aegypti (the main vector
worldwide) and potentially, Ae. albopictus."
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/
"As of February 10, 2016
As an arboviral disease, Zika virus is nationally notifiable.
This update from the CDC Arboviral Disease Branch includes provisional data reported to
ArboNET for January 1, 2015 – February 10, 2016.
US States
Travel-associated Zika virus disease cases reported: 52
Locally acquired vector-borne cases reported: 0
US Territories
Travel-associated cases reported: 1
Locally acquired cases reported: 9"
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/zika/en/
"Zika virus
Fact sheet
Updated February 2016"
http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/resou...r-control.html
"Overview
In the United States, mosquitoes transmit a variety of arboviruses (arthropod-borne
viruses). This document is limited to arboviruses transmitted by Ae. aegypti and Ae.
albopictus, the principal vectors of dengue (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, DENV-4), chikungunya
(CHIKV), yellow fever (YFV), and Zika (ZIKV) viruses. Of the above seven arboviruses, DENV,
YFV and CHIKV have caused...
In 2015, ZIKV outbreaks have, for the first time, been reported in the Western Hemisphere,
with local transmission occurring in Central and South America, the Caribbean and Mexico.
It is expected that ZIKV transmission will increase throughout the region increasing the
incidence of infection in returning travelers and the possibility of local transmission in
the USA."
http://www.cdc.gov/dengue/resources/...cycleFINAL.pdf
CS244433A
"National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Division of Vector-Borne Diseases
Mosquito life cycle"
http://www.webmd.com/news/20160107/z...ou-should-know
"The CDC is aware of a report that Brazilian scientists have found the virus in the saliva
and urine of infected people, Frieden said, but more information is needed."
http://www.virology.ws/2016/01/28/zika-virus/
"Control
There are currently no antiviral drugs or vaccines that can be used to treat or prevent
infection with Zika virus. We do have a safe and effective vaccine against another
flavivirus, yellow fever virus. Substituting the gene encoding the yellow fever E
glycoprotein with that from Zika virus might be a good approach to quickly making a Zika
vaccine. However testing of such a vaccine candidate might require several years.
Mosquito control is the only option for restricting Zika virus infection. Measures such as
wearing clothes that cover much of the body, sleeping under a bed net, and making sure that
breeding sites for mosquitoes (standing water in pots and used tires) are eliminated are
examples. Reducing mosquito populations with insecticides may also help to reduce the risk
of infection."
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/w...s-201602019114
http://www.wrbu.org/northcom_MQ.html
http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/ar...ntd.0001792#s3
http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/1...D4C69E7790BF09
F6CD
http://www.wrbu.org/northcom_MQkeys.html
http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon....aspx?ID=17697
http://www.scirp.org/book/DetailedIn...px?bookID=2355
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=aids+number+of+...+united+states
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ebola+number+of...+united+states
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=zika+number+of+...+%22unknown%22
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Aedini+Aedes+St...arly+articles#
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/symptoms/
http://www.webmd.com/news/20160107/z...ou-should-know
I don't want to get Zika or its illness or complications from it. I am extremely susceptible to pneumonia and upper respiratory infections since a horrible bout of pneumonia in 2011 which could become a complication after taking ill with Zika.
How about other at risk populations? Older people, newborns http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/304550.php , others with low tolerance to possible complications?
Additionally, I see several posts in upstate regarding pregnant providers. I am sure there are people (seemingly including you) who seem not to share my concerns. It is part of my job to be diligent in continuing education.
"It is part of my job to be dilligent in continuing education. and spelling. and sentence structure, and...."
Hope this helps those interested in the topic.
Always,
Liz