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Mosquito Season is Here…What’s the Latest on the Zika Virus?

Doris Dimmitt, Hospital Epidemiologist at Carson Tahoe Health, shares the latest Zika Virus news, and some helpful tips for protecting yourself and your family. You could hardly tell by the crazy weather we’ve had this month, but it’s time to start protecting ourselves from mosquitoes by “fighting the bite” again. Unfortunately, species of mosquitoes known to carry malaria, Encephalitis, Dengue fever, Yellow fever, Chikunya, Dog heartworm, and Zika Virus are continuing to move north. And as you know, Zika is the latest mosquito borne illness to make the evening news. What are the symptoms of Zika Virus? Most people with the Zika Virus don’t have any symptoms – no fever, nausea, diarrhea, purple spots or hair loss…nothing. In the few patients …