Centers will be hosting a informational presentation on the Zika virus on Wednesday August 2,2017 at the UMC building located at 2525 N. Veterans Boulevard.
   The meeting/presentation will be held at the UMC’s conference room from 10 am to 11am announced Jessika Ramirez NR;CMA-CCHW (Health Education) from UMC.
   Ramirez states that the information to be provided is to assist the community understand the problems that come from the virus, symptoms and prevention as well.
  “We will be holding this informative event for the public but ask that if anyone is interested in joining in to please call and reserve your seating due to a limited amount of spaces. If you wish to join us or have any questions please call me at (830) 773 -5358 ext 288.
   Zika virus is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae It is spread by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes. The Zika virus is related to the dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and West Nile viruses.Since the 1950s, it has been known to occur within a narrow equatorial belt from Africa to Asia. From 2007 to 2016, the virus spread eastward, across the Pacific Ocean to the Americas, leading to the 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic. 
   The infection, known as Zika fever or Zika virus disease, often causes no or only mild symptoms, similar to a very mild form of dengue fever. Zika can spread from a pregnant woman to her baby. This can result in microcephaly, severe brain malformations, and other birth defects. Zika infections in adults may result rarely in Guillain–Barré syndrome.