Zika Confirmed San Bernardino Co California ex-South America

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Public health officials announced Friday that San Bernardino County has reported its first Zika virus case.

As with all 20 confirmed cases in California, this victim, a woman in her 60s, was infected while traveling outside of the country, officials said.

She did not develop complications from the virus, Strong said.

The city where the resident lived and the county in South America where she is believed to have contracted the virus were not immediately known, said Susan Strong, communicable disease program many for the county’s health department.

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San Bernardino County confirms first Zika virus case

This 2006 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host.James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP

By Jim Steinberg, The Sun

POSTED: 03/11/16, 3:13 PM PST | UPDATED: 2 HRS AGO

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SAN BERNARDINO >> Public health officials announced Friday that San Bernardino County has reported its first Zika virus case.

As with all 20 confirmed cases in California, this victim, a woman in her 60s, was infected while traveling outside of the country, officials said.

She did not develop complications from the virus, Strong said.

The city where the resident lived and the county in South America where she is believed to have contracted the virus were not immediately known, said Susan Strong, communicable disease program many for the county’s health department.

 

 

Zika cases have also been reported in Orange and Los Angeles counties. One of the Los Angeles County victims was a pregnant woman.

Medical experts believe there is “a possible association” between Zika and microcephaly, an abnormally small head and brain, says the California Department of Public Health website.

The Zika virus is transmitted by two non-native mosquito varieties that have been found in Los Angeles, Pico Rivera, several cities in Orange County, across much of east Los Angeles County, Montclair, Colton and Upland, parts of San Diego County and in much of Imperial County, according to the state health department’s website.

 

 

But the virus has not been detected in these domestic populations, officials say.

Most people infected with the virus have no symptoms. If symptoms develop, they usually begin with fever, rash, joint pain and/or red eyes.

Symptoms begin three to seven days after the bite.

These varieties of mosquitoes are daytime bitters, so Strong and other health officials urge people to take precautions during daylight hours.

Zika normally occurs in many tropical and subtropical areas of the world, particularly Africa, Southeast Asia and Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

 

 

Recent outbreaks have occurred in Latin America and the Caribbean.

There is no specific treatment for Zika. Most people feel better after about a week, says the state health department’s website.

Eleven of the state’s 20 Zika cases were confirmed this year, officials say

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