There are no known locally transmitted instances of the virus in the United States, but cases
have been reported in returning travellers, the CDC _________(5). And in Hawaii over the
weekend, a baby born with microcephaly (a birth defect that causes a small head and brain
damage) was determined to have contracted the disease.
In that case, the mother had _________(6) contracted Zika virus when she was living in
Brazil in May 2015 and her baby acquired it in the womb, said the Hawaii State Health
Department on Saturday.____________(7) the mother nor baby is infectious, health
officials said.
The risk of pregnant mothers transmitting the virus to their babies caused the CDC to issue
an alert for women travelling to Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala,
Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela and Puerto
Rico. Brazil’s health __________(8) said pregnant women should consult their doctors
before travelling to Brazil.
If travellers are headed to countries where the virus is present, the CDC recommends
wearing long sleeves and pants, staying in places that have air conditioning, screened
windows and doors, and applying insect repellents with DEET.
The virus is spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which typically live in tropical and
subtropical regions in the world. They also are known to spread dengue fever, chikungunya
and yellow fever.
A mosquito that ___________(9)an infected person can then spread the disease by biting
other people.
Health officials in places like the Caribbean were working to educate residents on the virus
and on emptying outdoor water storage containers, flower pots, tires or other places where
water could collect to ___________(10) breeding grounds for the mosquitoes.
Els alumnes han d'intentar trobar la paraula ( només una a cada espai)