The new case is in a 50-year-old female who contracted the disease while traveling in Colombia. Both cases of Zika that have been found in Travis County were contracted while traveling in other countries.
However, the mosquito that carries Zika is endemic in Central Texas.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have advised all pregnant women to consider postponing travel to areas where Zika virus transmission is ongoing, primarily Central and South America.
Researchers are continuing to investigate the possible link between Zika and microcephaly, reported mainly in Brazil, and Guillain-Barre syndrome.
The general illness caused by Zika is typically gone within a week and carries common symptoms of: fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis.
Experts say measures like draining any collected water on your property, wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants, checking your window screens, and using EPA-registered repellents are all helpful at preventing the mosquitoes that carry the virus from coming around
Woman tests positive for Zika virus at Chicago hospital
The woman visited her primary care doctor at a Presence Health office in Chicago in late January with symptoms of a viral infection, CEO of Presence Saint Joseph Hospital Dr. Robert Luskin-Hawk said at a press conference Monday morning. The patient had recently traveled to Colombia, which is experiencing a significant outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus.
A Zika test was sent to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, which showed a positive result. The woman went home after the doctor’s visit and was never admitted to the hospital. She is not pregnant and has since made a full recovery.
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