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New Jersey ranks 6th highest in number of United States Zika virus cases
New Jersey ranks 6th highest in number of United States Zika virus cases
You need the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player to view the video related to this article.Download Now .CDC on Zika Virus: What you Need To KnowEDISON - New Jersey now has 100 reported cases of Zika virus, ranking the Garden State sixth highest in number of cases in the United States, according to the New Jersey Department of Health.
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Person treated for Zika virus at Asheville hospital
Person treated for Zika virus at Asheville hospital
FILE - This 2006 file photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host.The The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, announced new guidance for doctors whose pregnant patients may have traveled to regions with a tropical illness linked to birth defects.Officials say doctors should ask pregnant women about their travel and certain symptoms, and, if warranted, test them for an infection with the Zika virus.
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Zika virus causes brain damage similar to Alzheimer's disease, scientists reveal
Zika virus causes brain damage similar to Alzheimer's disease, scientists reveal
GETTY Zika virus is thought to cause brain damage in adults, scientists have revealedResearchers said the virus, which has affected more than seventy Britons, enters the brain of adults and can 'wreak havoc'.They have called for all adults infected with Zika to be monitored - not just pregnant women.The mosquito-borne causes microcephaly, a serious birth defect which causes babies to be born with brain damage and small heads and possibly even joint deformities.
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Zika virus may linger in babies for months: study
Zika virus may linger in babies for months: study
Washington, Aug 25: Zika may linger in the blood of an infected baby for more than two months, suggests a new study from Brazil that raises concerns about the potential of the virus to damage an infant's brain even after birth.Physicians at the Santa Casa de Misericordia and researchers from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil described the case of a baby born with Zika infection in January, who remained infected by the virus even two months and one week after birth.This is the first reported case of prolonged Zika infection in newborns, researchers wrote in The New England Journal of Medicine.