This mosquito also spreads dengue fever, yellow fever and chikungunya.
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Brazil has been worst affected by the outbreak, followed by Colombia, but more than 20 other countries have seen cases.
(It was traced to the Zika forest, hence the name.) Until previous year, the Zika virus was mostly confined to Asia and Africa, but then it made the leap to the Western hemisphere.
A man who traveled to South America has developed the third case of Zika virus in IL. Those in the US who have the virus have not now experienced birth defects or other symptoms. The mosquitoes that carry the virus are active during the daytime – and symptoms are typically a fever, rash or headache.
Meanwhile, Colombian authorities have ordered hospitals to prepare, as the government expects more than 600,000 people to become infected with the virus.
“The mosquitoes known to transmit the virus are not established in Canada and are not well suited to our climate”, he said.
Venezuela has reported some 4,700 cases of potential infection.
A doctor draw blood from Luana, who was born with microcephaly, at the Oswaldo Cruz Hospital in Recife, Brazil, Thursday. The US is anxious about visitors to the Olympics this year picking up the virus and spreading it in the US in their summer.
“If you are sitting here in North Carolina this is not something that should impact you at all”, said Wolfe.
An employee conducts fumigation to prevent the Zika virus, in the Carabayllo District, in the Lima Province, Peru, on January 29, 2016.
Taylor explained that while mosquitoes are the main source of transmission, the virus could be passed from mother to child. “We are focusing on especially strengthening the surveillance system”, said the minister.
The virus could have links with microcephaly, a fetal deformation in Brazilian babies that gives them brains smaller than normal.
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Dr Don Mackie of the Ministry of Health told ONE News New Zealand is “really fortunate” on two counts.
