so for women, it would depend on whether or not they're planning on getting pregnant or are pregnant. if a woman is planning on gettingpregnant, the concern is that the zika virus can be transmitted and couldaffect the baby, which is essentially the same risk as if you are pregnant. the zika virus has been associated withbirth defects. the term that people have used ismicrocephaly, which means an unusually small head and with that comeslong-term developmental delays in the baby
it's also been shown to potentiallycause some other brain abnormalities so in any event, it's basically acomplication that really has profound effects on the baby for the remainder ofhis or her life. couples who are trying to conceive wouldbe the people who are most at risk so women who are pregnant women, women who are thinking of getting pregnant and their partners all have the potential oftransmitting the virus to the fetus. if a partner has gone to an endemic areaand if it's a male partner then we recommend that they have that they use acondom for the remainder of the partner's pregnancy.
and if it's a female, then werecommend that she talk to her health care provider and that will usually entailhaving testing to see if she was exposed as well as ultrasounds to lookat the baby's growth and in particular looking at the baby's head size overtime. the most important thing is that you tryand avoid being bit by mosquitoes and this would go for pregnant women andtheir partners as well as a couple that's it trying to conceive is that they need toprotect themselves from mosquito bites so using products that have deet whichis safe to use in pregnancy will be very
important wearing long-sleeved shirtslong pants that can be embedded with permethrin would be the way in which youcan prevent trying to be bitten by mosquitoes yeah
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