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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Current understanding is that once you've had it and recovered, you're immune going forward.  I'd send her there with no bug spray hoping she gets it -- either no symptoms or a week feeling fluish, then in 8-10 years when she wants to get pregnant she doesn't have to worry.[/quote]

Good lord. I would not do this. I would not be confident that we know all of Zika's effects on children and young people since it so clearly affects brain development. It's probable that there will be a vaccine for Zika long before OP's daughter is ready to get pregnant.[/quote]

How do yo think humans build immunity to viruses?  :roll:

She'll be fine. Zika does it's damage in-utero, not to healthy adults. And an older teen girl is essentially an adult. She's old enough to carry a child.  [/quote]

Exactly. Zika is a concern when it is in the mother's blood system during pregnancy and circulates to the fetus. So unless she will be pregnant within six months of returning from vacation, she and her future children will be fine.
The only minor concern is that a small minority of people get Guillain-Barre from Zika infection, but this is applicable to males and females alike and actually younger people are less likely to to have long-term sequelae from Guillain-Barre.
Also, think about all the young women who live in Central and South America. If the pandemic were expanding, don't you think we would have heard about it?
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