Zika virus prompts Brazilian petition for more legal abortion access

A man who traveled to South America has developed the third case of Zika virus in IL.

The officials said the number of pregnant women confirmed to have the zika virus has shot up to about 1900. 20% of people who become ill might have fever for a maximum of one week, skin rash, conjunctivitis, joint pain and headache.

Taylor stressed that while Zika has an association with microcephaly – a condition where a baby is born with an abnormally small head – it has not been proven yet.

The biggest risk is for pregnant women, however, as it is increasingly thought that infection with zika during pregnancy can lead to birth defects like microcephaly. That’s a geographic area that includes most of South and Central America as well as the Caribbean.

“We will see mini-outbreaks like in Florida and in Texas that can be well controlled with mosquito vector control”, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

This article was written by The Associated Press.

The WHO said the virus could infect 4 million people by the end of the year.

“We will win this war”, Rousseff said at a center set up in the nation’s capital to coordinate containment efforts. It’s true that the Aedes mosquito lives across many states in the American Southeast, as well as some southwestern states and California, making the concerns that it could come here very real.

“What the CDC is recommending is really a warning or alert to pregnant women to think about where they are going”.

People infected with Zika are not affected as badly as the other viruses carried by the mosquito in terms of symptoms.

So far the virus, which is transmitted through mosquito bites, has been found in 12 states in the US, but not in OH, according to the state’s Department of Health.

Travelers from different parts of the world are expected to increase in the following weeks with the celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 8, raising the possibility of importing Zika virus from outside the mainland.

“These imported cases may result in local spread of the virus in some areas of the United States”, the organization wrote on its website.