{"id":17113,"date":"2016-02-03T16:05:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T16:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matuete.com\/?p=17113"},"modified":"2016-02-03T16:10:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T16:10:14","slug":"brazil-updates-zika-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matuete.com\/en\/brazil-updates-zika-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil Updates | Zika virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As we are sure you have heard, the <strong>Zika virus<\/strong> is spreading\u00a0rapidly across South America.\u00a0Zika is a mosquito-borne viral infection\u00a0which is transmitted by the same type of mosquito linked\u00a0to dengue and chikungunya.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0World Health Organization (WHO) declared a state of emergency this week\u00a0and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a<strong> travel alert <\/strong>for those traveling to affected regions.<\/p>\n<p>However, please be sure to <strong>advise your clients<\/strong> of the following facts,\u00a0to help them make their travel decisions:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4>Symptoms can include mild fever, rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle or joint pain\u00a0and general feeling of illness that begins 2-7 days after infection.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4><strong>Four out of five people who are infected have no symptoms at all.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4>Recent studies show there is a correlation between the disease and increased\u00a0number of cases of\u00a0 microcephaly (reduced brain size) in unborn babies.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4><strong>If you are not a woman of childbearing age who is pregnant or trying to get pregnant, the Zika virus is unlikely to cause you any serious trouble.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Zika virus usually remains in the blood of an infected person for about a week.\u00a0The virus will not affect a baby that is conceived after\u00a0the virus is cleared from the blood.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Zika cannot be transmitted\u00a0through the air, food or water.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>There have been no deaths so far attributed to the Zika virus. <\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Infected persons are advised to\u00a0 drink water and rest.\u00a0Hospitalization as a result of Zika is extremely uncommon.\u00a0In Brazil the current spread of Zika virus is mostly concentrated\u00a0in the Northeastern states, especially Pernambuco state.<\/p>\n<p>Areas to the south such as Rio and Sao Paulo are currently much less affected.\u00a0Very few cases have been reported in the Amazon and Foz do Igua\u00e7u.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless the precautions for travelling to a region\u00a0with mosquitoes are important:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>\n<h4>Use plenty of mosquito repellant.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Stay in places with air conditioning or that use window\u00a0and door screens to keep mosquitoes outside.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Sleep under a mosquito bed net.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On a personal note, very little has changed in the routine of our families\u00a0and of the travel patterns of Brazilians within the country.<\/p>\n<p>People remain travelling, with the exception of pregnant woman\u00a0who have doubled their precautions against mosquitoes.<\/p>\n<p>We <a href=\"http:\/\/matuete.us12.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=49467b003ef162c77ad75eb8b&amp;id=95df759942&amp;e=56e915a124\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>remain at your disposal<\/strong><\/a> for any further information\u00a0and are keeping close tabs on the situation and will send another email\u00a0should the conditions or knowledge about the disease\u00a0change over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Best regards,<\/p>\n<p><em>The Matuet\u00e9 Team<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we are sure you have heard, the Zika virus is spreading\u00a0rapidly across South America.\u00a0Zika is a mosquito-borne viral infection\u00a0which is transmitted by the same type of mosquito linked\u00a0to dengue and chikungunya. 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