How do you get Zika?
This viral
disease is caused by the Zika virus that is transmitted by Aedes
mosquitoes that typically lay eggs in and near standing water in things like
buckets, bowls, animal dishes, flower pots and vases. Besides
standing water, rodents, birds and small mammals, may act as reservoirs. These mosquitoes are
aggressive daytime biters. They can also bite at night. Reportedly they prefer to
bite people, and live indoors and outdoors near people. Mosquitoes become
infected when they feed on a person already infected with the virus and they
then can spread the virus to other people through bites. A mother can pass the
Zika virus to her unborn child (although there are no reports to date of
transmission through breast milk). And there have been reports of infected
males passing the Zika virus to sexual partners through infected semen. Much
more information is available through the CDC Zika site.
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