The CDC recently released a
broader range of Zika-related complications beyond microcephaly, including
stillbirth, placenta damage, prematurity, etc., as well as potential links to
additional non-pregnancy conditions. In this comprehensive discussion about the
existing and anticipated impact of the virus, experts explain the developing
understanding of transmission, effects and prevention. Although there is
evidence that the disease is not in the continental US (beyond those that
traveled to infected countries), experts estimate the range of the carrier
mosquito to include parts of at least 30 states – with an additional potential
carrier type extending as far north as Minnesota. Combined with the difficult
of containment, due to the uniqueness of the mosquito (including breeding,
biting habits, etc.), experts suspect that an outbreak in the United States
would be the “public health version of [Hurricane] Katrina.”
Listen to the podcast about it from On Point with Tom Ashbrook.
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