{"id":178376,"date":"2018-10-15T12:51:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T12:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2018\/10\/15\/advisory-general-information-for-zika-virus-disease\/"},"modified":"2018-10-15T12:51:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T12:51:18","slug":"advisory-general-information-for-zika-virus-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/15\/advisory-general-information-for-zika-virus-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Advisory\/general information for Zika virus disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/http:\/\/new.nagalandpost.com\/cms\/gall_content\/no_images_650x.jpg><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&bull; Zika virus disease (ZVD) is an emerging viral disease transmitted through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito, the same mosquito that transmits Dengue.<\/p>\n<div>&bull; Zika virus was first indentified in Uganda in 1947. Outbreaks of ZVD have been recorded in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&bull; ZVD presents as mild fever, rash, headache, body ache, joint pain and conjunctivitis occurring about 2-7 days after the bite of infected mosquito. Clinical Manifestation is similar to Dengue.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&bull; Three outbreaks of ZVD have been reported from India, Jan. 2017 Ahmedabad, Feb. 2017, Khrishnagiri, Tamilnadu and the current ongoing outbreaks (Sept. 2018) in Jaipur, Rajasthan.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&bull; ZVD is usually a relatively mild infection and requires no specific treatment, people sick with Zika virus should get plenty of fluids, rest and symptomatic treatment&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&bull; Recent Dengue outbreak, as of now is contained and confined to Dimapur District.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&bull; All vector control measures for ZVD are in place and is the same as for Dengue.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&bull; Surveillance mechanism of various wings of the Health and Family Welfare Department is in place.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&bull; However, it is advised to postpone or take extra precaution for travel to Rajasthan especially Jaipur till outbreak is contained.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&bull; High risk group include, persons with co-morbid conditions like diabetes, chronic Respiratory illness, HT, immune disorders, people above 65 years and pregnant women.<\/div>\n<div>&bull; For any quries contact IDSP Mob No. 8413095255 or email:nlssu.idsp@nic.in<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advisory\/general information for Zika virus disease<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}