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I posted the article. I think the second point is most worrisome. Most visitors to Rio are either: 1. From Latin America, where Zika already is, or 2. From US/
by graeme 10y ago
I posted the article. I think the second point is most worrisome. Most visitors to Rio are either:
1. From Latin America, where Zika already is, or
2. From US/Europe, where Zika can't go.
The olmypics will bring a delegation from every country + tourists from more of those countries. So Zika can spread to other regions. And once it spreads anywhere in a large region it will likely spread everywhere.
- the_watcher 10y ago> From US/Europe, where Zika can't go. What? There have been Zika cases in the US.
- cperciva 10y agoWhat he meant was that while Zika can be carried anywhere by humans, it won't spread in areas which don't have the right type of mosquitos.
- DrScump 10y agoExcept that it is communicable between humans (and, presumably, other hosts).
- cperciva 10y agoIt can be communicated between humans, but it sounds like the rate at which that occurs is far too low to cause an epidemic.
- graeme 10y agoThat's what I meant. It's already going to spread through the US regardless because it's physically connected to areas where Zika exists. I suppose Southern Europe might be able to get it? I'm not sure if the extent of the mosquitos there. Update: only a very small bit of southern Spain. So not really a concern for Europe or North Africa. Also, they don't have the sort of contiguous area where it would spread across a whole continent. Map of Aedes Aegyptus: http://m.imgur.com/uCegZHS?r http://m.imgur.com/uCegZHS?r
- stonecraftwolf 10y agoOn the east coast, the mosquitos that carry Zika are found as far north as New York.
- ScottBurson 10y agoThis appears to be true: http://www.cdc.gov/zika/vector/range.html http://www.cdc.gov/zika/vector/range.html The range shown here includes all of the Southeast and Texas, much of the southern Midwest, and California up to and including the Bay Area.
- patall 10y agoThis is only the range of Aedes aegypti. Whether a particular strain of the mosquito can carry Zika remains to be seen (though quite likely) as Aedes aegypti is very heterogenous.