As it stated in reuters
Nicaragua confirms first microcephaly birth linked to Zika virus
Nicaragua confirms first microcephaly birth linked to Zika virus
MANAGUA Nicaragua has confirmed its first case of a baby born with microcephaly linked to the Zika virus, authorities said on Friday."The girl was born very underweight, at less than four pounds (1.81 kg) and with confirmed microcephaly," said Rosario Murillo, government spokeswoman and the country's first lady.The mosquito-borne Zika virus was first detected in Brazil last year and has since spread across the Americas.
by the same token on cbsnews
Baby born with Zika virus is medical mystery
Baby born with Zika virus is medical mystery
MIAMI -- Eight-week-old Micaela was exposed to the Zika virus in the womb, but does not have microcephaly, the birth defect marked by an abnormally small head and brain."She looks normal to me, but the doctors say she's not," said her mother, Maria Fernanda Ramirez Bolivar.Ramirez Bolivar contracted the Zika virus in her native Venezuela when she was three months pregnant.
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Person with Zika virus is in Henry County
Person with Zika virus is in Henry County
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Scientists report new neurological complication from Zika virus infection
Scientists report new neurological complication from Zika virus infection
Dr. John England, Professor and Chair of Neurology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, and colleagues in Honduras and Venezuela have reported a new neurological complication of infection with the Zika virus.They described the first confirmed case of Zika-associated sensory polyneuropathy in a paper published online by the Journal of the Neurological Sciences, available at http://www.jns-journal.com/article/S0022-510X(16)30535-4/abstract."Zika virus infection has become a new emergent neuropathological agent with several neurological complications," notes LSU Health New Orleans' Dr. John England, who chairs the World Federation of Neurology's Work Group on Zika.
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