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The outbreak of the Zika virus has reached the U.S., and the virus was likely transmitted through sexual contact rather than a mosquito bite:
The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas on Tuesday by local health officials, who said it likely was contracted through sex and not a mosquito bite, a day after the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency.
The virus, linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, is spreading rapidly in the Americas, and WHO officials on Tuesday expressed concern that it could hit Africa and Asia as well. Zika had been thought to be spread by the bite of mosquitoes of the Aedes genus, so sexual contact as a mode of transmission would be a potentially alarming development.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed it was the first U.S. Zika case in someone who had not traveled abroad in the current outbreak, said CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden on Twitter. However, the CDC has not investigated how the virus was transmitted.
After this case, the CDC advised men to consider using condoms after traveling to areas with the Zika virus. Pregnant women should avoid contact with semen from men exposed to the virus.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 04 2016, @07:32AM
the only way to fly.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 04 2016, @07:37AM
sexual contact rather than a mosquito bite
So, it WAS NOT Ethanol_Fueled! Because, it if had been, it would have been indistinguishable, without, you know, artificial enhancement. Just saying. And: no surprise it is Texas. Fuckers!
(Score: 3, Touché) by dyingtolive on Thursday February 04 2016, @07:46AM
To be fair to e-f, I'm pretty sure he's got the James Bond thing going on where between the booze and that he's had so many STDs that he's effectively immune to anything that could come up, for want of his body being so inhospitable to any sort of life that nothing can actually exist there.
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday February 04 2016, @07:44AM
[Takyon e-mailed the CDC
Oh no! is Takyon contagious! Is he pregnant! Updates? Yes, please, STAT!!!
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday February 04 2016, @12:11PM
I got a reply back 4 hours ago that said "In the future, you may contact Media Relations’ CDC Newsroom directly using the contact information below:".
From this we can conclude that I am a manifestation of the Zika virus.
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(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday February 04 2016, @10:36PM
From this we can conclude
Don't ya just love the smell of diagnostic non sequiturs in the morning?
Am glad that is all settled, then.
(Score: 3, Informative) by MostCynical on Thursday February 04 2016, @08:36AM
don't have sex with infected (or suspect) mosquitoes.
Really, just don't even ask any mosquito out for coffee.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 04 2016, @09:32AM
"Really, just don't even ask any mosquito out for coffee."
how about a warm cup of blood?
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Thursday February 04 2016, @09:49AM
Usually pints, rather than cups?
"I want to suck your blood"?
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"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 04 2016, @10:25AM
"Usually pints, rather than cups?"
feed them Crips.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 04 2016, @05:07PM
Asking a mosquito out for coffee is sexual harassment, so zika would be the least of your worries.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Alfred on Thursday February 04 2016, @02:27PM
If there is supporting evidence or signs that it was sex then lets hear them. My first counter argument is that I have had mosquitos bite me and not know it for a while so there may be some I never noticed. Can't just take the guy saying "nope, no bites" as scientific.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday February 04 2016, @02:56PM
My first counter argument is that I have had mosquitos bite me and not know it for a while so there may be some I never noticed. Can't just take the guy saying "nope, no bites" as scientific.
Unless maybe if they waited awhile, examined him, and still found no bites...
And if you actually read the article they sound really unsure about the whole sexual transmission thing.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by JeanCroix on Thursday February 04 2016, @03:11PM
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday February 04 2016, @03:30PM
I would assume that "sexual transmission" includes oral sex. Something about moist surfaces coming in contact (not exactly what you were saying but hey).
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 04 2016, @04:41PM
There was virus found in semen from another patient but either way the main method of transmission is through mosquitos.