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CDC gives guidelines for having sex with ‘Zika Virus’

Jeremy Jones by Jeremy Jones
February 7, 2016
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CDC gives guidelines for having sex with ‘Zika Virus’

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The Atlanta based Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released new guidelines for travelers to be aware of while exploring different regions of the world. This comes shortly after the Zika virus was transmitted through sexual contact in Dallas, Texas last week.

The disease primarily is transmitted by mosquitoes, but in rare instances it has been reported to be transmitted through blood transfusions and sexual contact. The officials from the Dallas health department said that a traveler came back from a Zika-affected country and passed the disease to a partner.

Guidelines released today gives new information about avoiding sexual transmission of the virus.

First case of Zika Virus detected in Georgia

The CDC advises men with a pregnant partner to use condoms if they have traveled to an area with “active Zika virus transmission.”



Additionally, couples where a male partner who has traveled to an area with Zika transmission “may consider using condoms consistently and correctly during sex or abstaining from sexual activity,” if they are concerned about sexual transmission of the Zika virus.

“The science is not clear on how long the risk should be avoided,” CDC officials said in a statement. “Research is now underway to answer this question as soon as possible. If you are trying to get pregnant, you may consider testing in discussion with your health care provider.”

The Zika virus usually results in mild symptoms, including fever, rash and fatigue that resolve in approximately one week. However, the virus has been associated with a worrying rise in a birth defect, called microcephaly, in Brazil. The birth defect is characterized by an abnormally small head and brain.

Tom Frieden, director of the CDC, told reporters today that the guidelines are focused on preventing transmission to pregnant women due to the dangerous birth defects associated with the virus. He said men who may have been infected with Zika virus should either use condoms or abstain from sex for the length of the pregnancy.



“We don’t know how long Zika persists in semen,” said Frieden, noting that studies into this are ongoing. “It will be weeks to months before we know more.”

Frieden also said there is a growing body of evidence linking the Zika virus to the microcephaly birth defect, although all cases of the birth defect have been reported in Brazil or a woman who went to Brazil before giving birth in Hawaii.

“Finally, Zika reminds us that over and over nature is a formidable enemy,” he said. “We wish we knew more we wish we could do more. We know this is anxiety provoking for pregnant women and their families.”

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