Zika
Re: Zika
Zika has been a pretty minor issue in the VI overall, and much less than that on St. John, with only one confirmed case. St. John just doesn't have the urban population density it takes to sustain an epidemic transmitted by Aedes aegypti, which is a house-resident mosquito.
Here is the VI Zika summary by week, through May 31st:
http://www.healthvi.org/assets/document ... Report.pdf
This stands in stark contrast to the 2014 chikungunya epidemic (link below), but even there, St. John barely showed up. Herd immunity set in pretty quickly, so the VI is over that one now, and will remain so for some time to come.
http://www.healthvi.org/news/chik-weekl ... t_usvi.pdf
All the best,
Kevin
Here is the VI Zika summary by week, through May 31st:
http://www.healthvi.org/assets/document ... Report.pdf
This stands in stark contrast to the 2014 chikungunya epidemic (link below), but even there, St. John barely showed up. Herd immunity set in pretty quickly, so the VI is over that one now, and will remain so for some time to come.
http://www.healthvi.org/news/chik-weekl ... t_usvi.pdf
All the best,
Kevin
Re: Zika
My husband was actually tested for it since we returned. He had a ton of bites on his legs when we returned.
This week he developed a fever and was feeling run down
Dr tested for Zika and they called this morning to say it was negative.
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This week he developed a fever and was feeling run down
Dr tested for Zika and they called this morning to say it was negative.
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