Zika virus cases in Ohio: Updated 06/03/2016 Cases acquired outside Ohio during travel          13 Cases acquired in Ohio            0

 

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FINDLAY — The first travel-related Zika virus case in northwest Ohio has been confirmed by tests sent to the Centers for Disease Control.

A 50-year old Hancock County man has the virus and recently returned from a trip to the Caribbean, said Karim Baroudi, Hancock County Health Commissioner.

“He is doing fine,” Mr. Baroudi said. “ It was not transmitted locally and there are no cases that were transmitted here in Ohio.”

According to the Ohio Department of Health, there are now 13 travel-related cases of the virus in the state.

State health leaders informed Hancock County officials late Thursday afternoon that the test was positive for Zika. The health department has reached out to the man to inform him that the virus can be transmitted sexually to other people, Mr. Baroudi said.

Zika is virus transmitted to people through a mosquito bite. The primary mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is found in the tropics and southern United States., but it is not known to be established in Ohio.

A “relative” of the mosquito, Aedes albopictus, called the Asian tiger mosquito is found in parts of Ohio and may potentially transmit Zika virus.

Health officials urge anyone returning from Zika affected areas to take precautions such as abstaining from sex or using a condoms for a period of 8 weeks following travel. Some of the symptoms of the virus in men are fever, rash, joint pain, and muscle pain, said Mr. Baroudi.

Health officials are also recommending that pregnant women consider postponing travel to any area where Zika virus transmission is ongoing.

Zika is linked to cases of microcephaly, a condition in which the baby is born with an abnormally small head and an underdeveloped brain.

Contact Marlene Harris-Taylor at: [email protected], 419-724-6091, or on Twitter@marlenetaylor48.

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On Monday, the Hancock County health commissioner confirmed a second case of Zika. A 50-year-old man in Findlay, Ohio contracted the virus on a trip to the Caribbean. Jose Rodriguez of Columbus Public Health said these two cases are not related.

http://radio.wosu.org/post/first-case-zika-virus-found-columbus

 

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