FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2016 (HealthDay Information) -- The Little River part of Miami is not an space the place native Zika an infection is energetic, Florida well being officers reported Friday.
Whereas Florida Gov. Rick Scott mentioned the event was nice information for the state, he additionally requested residents to proceed doing what they'll to cease the unfold of the mosquito-borne virus, which has been linked to devastating beginning defects in infants.
"It's essential that everybody stays vigilant and continues to do their half to put on bug spray and dump standing water so we are able to hold these areas clear, particularly for pregnant girls and their growing infants," Scott mentioned in an announcement.
The Florida well being division "now believes energetic transmission of Zika is just occurring within the southern a part of Miami Seaside, and I hope that native officers will think about each accessible useful resource to make sure aggressive mosquito management measures are being taken to carry this remaining Zika zone," Scott added.
Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, nonetheless urged vigilance on Friday.
"We nonetheless advise pregnant girls to not journey to the [remaining] purple zone in South Miami Seaside," he mentioned in an company information launch. "Moreover, folks dwelling in or visiting Miami-Dade County, together with the Little River space, notably pregnant girls, are nonetheless inspired to proceed to take steps to forestall mosquito bites."
Florida is the one state with confirmed instances of native transmission of Zika. The state has reported an estimated 240 instances.
As of Nov. 23, an estimated 182 of greater than four,400 reported instances of Zika an infection in america had been unfold by mosquitoes, based on the CDC. A lot of the infections reported in america occurred in areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, the place Zika instances have been at epidemic proportions.
As Florida reported progress towards Zika this week, Texas confirmed its first doable case of regionally transmitted an infection on Monday.
The Texas case entails a lady who lives in Brownsville, close to Mexico, and she or he had no travel-related threat components for Zika an infection, the CDC mentioned. The virus is usually unfold via the chew of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, though it may also be transmitted via sexual contact.
Most adults who're contaminated with Zika expertise gentle signs. However, the infants of ladies who're contaminated whereas pregnant can expertise devastating beginning defects, the commonest of which has been microcephaly, the place the mind is underdeveloped and the top is abnormally small.
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