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East Texas Zika Virus Case Confirmed in Gregg County

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published August 25, 2016 at 1:28 PM EDT
MOSQUITO BORNE VIRUS- Aedes Egypti is a mosquito common to East Texas and NW Louisiana and is known to transmit the Zika virus once it becomes infected.
Courtesy: Texas Dept. of Health and Hospitals
MOSQUITO BORNE VIRUS- Aedes Egypti is a mosquito common to East Texas and NW Louisiana and is known to transmit the Zika virus once it becomes infected.
MOSQUITO BORNE VIRUS- Aedes Egypti is a mosquito common to East Texas and NW Louisiana and is known to transmit the Zika virus once it becomes infected.
Credit Courtesy: Texas Dept. of Health and Hospitals
MOSQUITO BORNE VIRUS- Aedes Egypti is a mosquito common to East Texas and NW Louisiana and is known to transmit the Zika virus once it becomes infected.

ZIKA VIRUS CASE IN EAST TEXAS:  The Gregg County Health Department has confirmed that a person traveling outside the U.S. has contracted the Zika Virus and lives in Gregg County.  To date,  the mosquitos that have been trapped and tested in Gregg County have shown not to be infected with the Zika virus.  But health officials are urging people to take precautions by using insect repellant,  wearing long-sleeved clothing and removing any standing water in containers around their homes.  Persons interested in learning more about this virus are encouraged to go to the website TexasZika.org.

Texas Department of State Health Services
Credit Courtesy: Texas Dept. of State Health Services
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Courtesy: Texas Dept. of State Health Services
Texas Department of State Health Services

ZIKA CASE IN EAST TEXAS: Gregg County Health Department officials have confirmed a person traveling to and from Puerto Rico and now living in Gregg County has contracted the Zika virus. Current mosquito trapping and testing in the area reveals no mosquitoes have been found to carry the virus but officials are urging people to take precautions to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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