The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported a increase of microcephaly and other nervous system defects in infants and fetuses in 2016. Comparing the baseline of 1.50 per 1000 in 2013 to 2014, the findings were 20 times higher than the same birth defects in the pre-Zika years (58.5 per 1000).
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https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6608a4.htm
Outbreaks of yellow fever has been reported in rural areas in Brazil, these outbreaks started in December 2016 and the closeness of the outbreaks to urban areas has raised concerns. Yellow fever is transmitted by the same mosquito that transmits Zika and dengue; experts indicate that yellow fever may spread with the same speed as Zika through the tropical and subtropical regions.
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added four more regions where locally acquired Zika has been reported recently. These regions are: Maldives, Guinea-Bissau, Angola and S0lomon Islands.
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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning travelers, including student ready for their spring break to remember that the Zika virus is still a threat. Travel alerts include countries such as Mexico, Dominican Republic and all of central and south America; also regions of Florida, Texas and all of Puerto Rico.
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Five new locally acquired Zika cases in Florida has been reported, even though is winter. This means that the environmental conditions are still right for the mosquito to transmit the virus.
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http://patch.com/florida/lakeland/2-new-zika-virus-cases-confirmed-tampa-bay-area
Researchers found evidence that the Zika virus may continue to replicate inside infants brains several months after birth. The persistance of the virus in the infants brain tissue may explain how Zika can cause severe fetal birth defects long after the mothers’ infection.
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Public health officials reported four more locally acquired Zika cases in Texas. Cases were identified in Cameron county, the same county that reported the first Zika case in South Texas.
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/florida-no-longer-an-active-zika-zone-officials-say-1481309000
