First U.S. Zika Virus Transmission: Not by Mosquitoes but by Sex in Dallas
It is not inevitable that there will be a major zika outbreak in the U.S.
The World Health Organization has declared the western hemisphere's outbreak of Zika virus a global health emergency. So far the virus has spread to 20 different countries in the region, but there have been no reported cases of the disease being locally transmitted on the mainland of the United States. The Aedes species of mosquito—which also spread the dengue and chikungunya viruses—have been the main vector for the disease. The Centers for Disease Control has noted there have been reports that the virus can be spread through sexual contact.
Local Texas news media are now reporting that the Dallas County Health and Human Services department has confirmed today that a patient was infected after having sexual contact with an ill individual who returned from a country where the virus is known to be present.
This first case of U.S. zika transmission is not likely to be the last. After all, the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are now endemic in parts of the U.S.
Despite the current alarm, it should still be recalled that while the chikungunya virus has spread via the same mosquito vectors throughout the Caribbean since 2013, there have been very few cases of the disease being locally transmitted in the mainland United States. In addition, the last reported local outbreak of dengue fever in the U.S. occurred in South Texas in 2005. It is not inevitable that there will be a major zika outbreak in the U.S.
Virulence differs. For example, the CDC reports that there were just over 2,000 cases of West Nile virus in the lower 48 states in 2015. West Nile virus has been detected in far more mosquito species than has either zika or chikungunya virus.
One final note: If the person who is trying to seduce you has just returned from a tropical trip and is experiencing joint pain and fever, maybe you both should consider putting off sex until another time.
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Zika Does Dallas
Change that to Shikha Does Dallas, I’m on board.
Who Infected J.R.?
…maybe you both should consider putting off sex until another time.
BREAKING NEWS: LIBERTARIAN MAGAZINE PREACHES ABSTINENCE
Do it for the larvae!
Why does Ron Bailey want to control everyone’s sex life?
I knew this place was a SoCon bastion.
BREAKING NEWS: LIBERTARIAN MAGAZINE PREACHES ABSTINENCE
Well, the leaving the option of abstinence to the individuals is rather more libertarian that the usual ‘compulsory vaccinations for all’ refrain.
Not just compulsory vaccinations–Brazil has just authorized law enforcement and military to enter private property to search for mosquitoes. I suppose they’ll be quartering troops in private homes soon enough…
But if it’s a Doctor returning from a 3 month stint treating Ebola, sex is ON!
Is it a throbbing pain localized in one particular joint and a burning, yearning, passionate kind of fever? That may just be the Zima virus.
By throbbing pain, you mean “nausea”, and by burning, yearning, passionate kind of fever, you mean “the sensation of vomiting”, right?
Or a yeast infection.
“joint” pain. Fever.
That is the prelude to every sexual encounter I’ve ever had.
Someone fucked a mosquito?
Something about Rule 34…
“It is not inevitable that there will be a major zika outbreak in the U.S.”
Oh, that’s a relief, I was worrying there for a minute.
Fuck Yeah, Dallas Rules!
Blows, you mean blows.
^This
/Houstonian
I was in Hawaii just a couple of weeks ago and one of the places we wanted to go, Waipio Valley, was closed due a reported outbreak of Dengue Fever.
The Hawaii Tribune Herald has an article from Jan 14 stating that the Civil Defense had closed it, and that there had been an issue with Dengue Fever on the island since September of last year ( sorry, I’m too lazy to link to it). So what’s the CDC talking about that the last Dengue Fever outbreak in the US was in 2005?
Earlier, the article qualifies several statements with “mainland U.S.”
The author might have still been in mainland mode when he wrote about Dengue.
Also, Obama was born in Hawaii, so Hawaii is actually Kenya.
If only someone would invent some kind of chemical that could kill mosquitoes en masse.
-Millions of lives lost due to malaria thanks to Rachel Carson.
I hope that Hela has something particularly nasty planned for her after she dies.
Maybe the Zika virus will be the impetus for voters, now armed with the proper scientific findings, to force politicians to overturn the ban on DDT.
But just think how much the birth defects could curb overpopulation!!!11
Dengue fever transmission rates do not seem to correlate to mosquito population. Zika could be the same way.
The same species that carries dengue and chikungunya.
I’ve seen this mentioned in a lot of articles about zika, but I haven’t read a single one that mentions Aedes aegypti is also the primary vector for yellow fever. For most of my life, yellow fever was always the disease that was discussed anytime Aedes mosquitoes were mentioned.
I wonder why it seems to have been forgotten. Is yellow fever just too old-fashioned and unhip?
Yes. “Yellow” fever is racist.
So the worst thing Zika does is cause birth defects?
Being childfree is still the best decision ever.
Yep, I hear they give out awards for the people who do the most thorough jobs keeping themselves permanently childfree.
It’s the end of the line for you, mister.
this is very dangerous for humanity and we should spread this message all over the world. thanks for sharing this guys, you did good job to aware of zika virus.
Thank you
Regards
Hunny Grover
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