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Zika virus: what you need to know
Video Guardian Explainers The Guardian 28 January 2016
A rare tropical virus
has been spreading rapidly through Latin
America
prompting health officials to warn pregnant women
of the risks
to their babies.
The virus has been linked
by some officials in Brazil
to surging cases of microcephaly
- a brain defect that leads
to reduced head size in infants.
However, the virus itself is not thought to be fatal
and often comes with no symptoms at all.
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7SunRP1Lr4
Zika virus disease
Zika virus disease is caused
by a virus transmitted primarily
by Aedes mosquitoes,
which bite during the day.
Symptoms are generally mild
and include fever, rash, conjunctivitis,
muscle and joint pain, malaise or headache.
Symptoms typically last for 2–7 days.
Most people with Zika virus infection
do not develop symptoms.
Zika virus infection during pregnancy
can cause infants to be born with microcephaly
and other congenital malformations,
known as congenital Zika syndrome.
Infection with Zika virus is also associated
with other complications of pregnancy
including preterm birth and miscarriage.
An increased risk
of neurologic complications
is associated with Zika virus infection
in adults and children,
including Guillain-Barré syndrome,
neuropathy and myelitis.
https://www.who.int/
news-room/fact-sheets/detail/zika-virus
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/
zika-virus
Zika virus USA
Back in 2015,
Zika swept across Central and South America,
infecting more than a 100 million people
and causing at least 3,500 cases
of microcephaly in newborn babies.
Microcephaly is a condition
in which babies are born
with very small heads and brain damage.
The mosquito-borne virus also broke out
in the Pacific islands and in parts of Asia.
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contain the mosquito-borne Zika
virus USA
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infectious disease > virus-carrying mosquitoes > Zika
USA
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be transmitted
USA
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Zika-spreading mosquitoes
USA
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