JICM HEALTH and WELLNESS CENTER

Zika Virus -Spread by mosquitoes originsted in Uganda Africa in 1947 -It was isolated from the  Rhesus monkey -In 2007 the first major outbreak occur in the pacific -Next  major outbreak in 2015 in Brazil -It has reached the USA  -Now threatening to take over the Caribbean - It is a viral disease and the virus is spread by mosquitoes Aedes Aegypti  specie. -It stays  in the body 3 to 12 days in body before there is any sign or symptoms. -It remains in the system 3 to 7 days  and work itself out It is this stage that it is contagious. when the mosquitoes bite SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS -Fever, red eyes without sticky discharge, -muscles and joint pains rash -Swelling, in lower limbs -,pain behind eyes _Babies are  born with small heads and brain not developing fully -Nerve disorders _It is found sperm. to be transmitted by sexual activity _ The Ministry of Health is asking that women  avoid getting pregnant for   one year until the epidemic subsides.