A new report released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that scientists have found a clear link between the Zika virus and microcephaly as well as other infant brain defects.
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Since previous year hundreds of babies in Brazil were born with microcephaly a condition that causes abnormally small heads, almost 200 baby’s died as a result of the virus.
The unnamed man that contracted the infection is said to have had intercourse with another man who returned with Zika virus infection from Venezuela.
It said that governments have been urged to expand their health services to care for children in the long term.
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Earlier this week federal health officials declared there was enough evidence to conclude that Zika causes the birth defect microcephaly, which is characterized by an underdeveloped head and brain.
Once infected with Zika, only about 20 percent of people ever show symptoms, which most commonly include fever, rash, joint pain, and red eyes.
CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus transmission.
Researchers ruled out mosquito transmission of the virus after they set up mosquito traps near the man’s home that did not catch any Aedes aegypti, which are believed to be the main vector for Zika.
The majority of the US cities considered at-risk are in Florida and the southeastern United States.
“Everything we know about this virus seems to be scarier than we initially thought”, said Dr Anne Schuchat of the CDC. Despite the large number of confirmed cases of Zika in South America, Colombia is only the second country to confirm related cases of microcephaly.
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Pregnant women should continue to avoid travel to areas where Zika is actively spreading, the CDC warned.
