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How safe are YOU?: CDC describes how to avoid Zika
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released more information to help the public stay safe from contracting the Zika virus.
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Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
3/13/2016 (9 years ago)
Published in Health
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - According to the CDC website, there are no vaccines available to prevent Zika.
Known causes are through sexual contact with an affected person and mosquito bites.
If travel to countries where Zika and the virus-carrying mosquitoes are present, it is important to adhere to the following guidelines as stated by the CDC:- Wear long-sleeve tops and long pants
- Use door and window screens to keep mosquitoes outside
- Sleep in mosquito bed nets if unable to procure a bedroom with screens over the windows and doors
- When using insect repellents, make sure they are registered by the EPA and:
- Follow the label's instructions
- Do not spray beneath clothing
- Apply sunblock before spraying the repellent
- Don't use repellents on children under 2-months-old
- Dress children in long sleeve tops and long pants
- Cover all cribs, strollers and carriers with mosquito netting
- Never apply repellent into eyes, mouth, cuts, irritated skin or onto children's hands
- For applying repellent on children's faces, first apply to your own hands, then wipe the child's face
- It is also possible to treat clothes and gear with permethrin, which is a repellent to keep biting, chewing, scaling, soil and flying invertebrates at bay.
- The countries in which Zika has become an epidemic include Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Venezuela and Guatemala.
- One of the best ways to avoid contracting Zika is to avoid traveling to these countries and to avoid sexual contact with anyone who was recently traveled there.
- The mosquitos that carry the virus, Aedes aegypti, are found in warm regions above 6,562 feet.
"We know that mosquitos don't exist at the top of Mount Everest. The question is, how low can you go and what is the threshold where you are unlikely to find these mosquitos?"
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