CDC’s Response to Zika: What We Know and What We Don’t Know [February 22, 2016]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  What we know about Zika
  
  • Zika can be spread from a mother to her fetus during pregnancy.
  
  • Infection during pregnancies may be linked to birth defects in babies.
  
  • Zika is spread mostly by the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. These mosquitoes are aggressive daytime biters. They can also bite at night.
  
  • Zika is not currently found in the US. The mosquitoes that can carry Zika are found in some areas of the US.
  
  • Because the mosquitoes that spread Zika virus are found throughout the tropics, outbreaks will likely continue.
  
  • There is no vaccine or medicine for Zika.
  
  What we don’t know about Zika
  
  • If there’s a safe time during your pregnancy to travel to an area with Zika
  
  • If you do travel and are bitten: • How likely you are to get Zika; • How likely it is that your baby will have birth defects from the infection
  
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  zika-what-we-know-infographic.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Pregnancy Travel Zika Virus Infection
• Series:
  CDC's Response to Zika
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
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