How do you know if you have Zika and what happens if you aren’t pregnant?

While the biggest threat of the Zika virus is to pregnant women – who can give birth to babies with smaller heads whose brains may not have developed fully – health officials are concerned with anyone who has contracted the virus. A mosquito bite can leave its host with more than an itchy bump.

So, how do you know if you have contracted Zika?

Only one in five infected people even show symptoms of the virus, according to the Florida Department of Health. And the symptoms are mild: a low fever, rash, joint pain, red eyes, body aches, headaches, eye pain and vomiting. It’s no worse than a bad flu, and the symptoms fade in a week.

The virus can also be transmitted through sex, but as long as both participants use protection (like a condom) the risk of infection is low.

Experts stress that wearing long-sleeved clothes and pants, using bug repellent and dumping standing water where mosquitoes can reproduce are the best ways to lower the chance of infection from any mosquito-bourne disease.

There are two tests to find out if someone has the virus: The PCR test, which tests urine, shows if a person has been exposed to the virus in the two weeks prior to being tested. A second test, the IgM antibodies test, tests blood to see if the Zika virus has ever been present in the body. Results come back in three to five days.

Miami Herald reporter Emily Cochrane contributed to this report.