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This is the first I've heard of it. BTW, I just got back from 10 days in Medellin last week (just in time for the snow). One thing to think about, Medellin is about 5000 ft up and is quite cool at night. I saw one mosquito while there, and of course the bastard found me!
Several countries including Columbia have advised women to postpone pregnancy till 2018. Seems they are hoping to have solved the problem by then, be it by eliminating the Egyptian mosquito or by developing a cure/vaccine. Brazil has launched a huge war on mosquitoes, which will involve almost a quarter million soldiers.
Hi all, I have a trip planned to Medellin, Colombia in a few weeks and I have seem a few articles from the CDC and others warming against travel to affected regions. While the majority of the cases were not in Colombia, a recent article came out today where British travellers who have come back from that region of South America have contracted Zika.
While there are no pregnant women in our group, is this still something I should be worried about?
It seems to be particularly dangerous to the fetus. So if no one is pregnant I wouldn't be too worried about it. Just remember to spray yourself regularly with insect repellent, which is something you should be doing anyway when travelling to warm climates.
Even as a man I don't want to contract such a disease, just like I don't want Dengue and similar diseases spread by mosquitoes. Dengue has also become a problem in Brazil.
I'm trying to imagine your over the top panic when the mosquito-spread West Nile Virus appeared in the USA for the first time about a decade or so ago. Since then mosquitos have been infecting people all over the USA with that disease that once was relegated to Africa.
Your kids are in great danger with this disease spread by mosquitos.
I'm trying to imagine your over the top panic when the mosquito-spread West Nile Virus appeared in the USA for the first time about a decade or so ago. Since then mosquitos have been infecting people all over the USA with that disease that once was relegated to Africa.
Your kids are in great danger with this disease spread by mosquitos.
I went to Africa and had no issues with mosquitos, but got home to Toronto and West Nile infected animals were being found dead. Just take the suggested precautions typically suggested for preventing mosquito bites.
I find it really silly how certain governments think suggesting that women delay getting pregnant as a precaution when in these same countries rates for unplanned pregnancies tend to be high? If poverty was not a deterrent ... good luck trying to get mosquitos to be a deterrent. I really question if they get how many children are conceived without being planned? To me this is indirectly a humorous run about way to say a few things that should likely have always been said.
The prospect of having a handicapped child is a pretty strong deterrent, unlike mere poverty.
Do they even have enough statistics to make this call at this time? There are always risks with pregnancy, but I am curious to know what % of births have actually had signs of negative impact as a results of this virus. I am also sort of curious as to why if this was going on in Africa it did not seem like a big deal until it started to occur in the Americas? At least for me since the last few weeks this is the first I am hearing about this issue. Handicapped is a broad term. I think that people should take this advisory seriously, but if you find out your are pregnant I am not sure you should jump the gun and assume your child will be born with a significant handicap.
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