Zika virus — Worldwide/Unknown
On 19 May [2015] the Instituto Adolfo Lutz announced the results of an RT-PCR test positive for Zika [virus]. The patient is a 52 year old male resident of Sumare [Sao Paulo state] without a travel history [outside of the area] during the 15 days before the onset of symptoms on 10 Mar 2015.
To date, the Ministry of Health has confirmed, based on laboratory criteria, 16 cases of Zika [virus infection] in the country — 8 cases in Bahia and 8 in Rio Grande do Norte.
Zika fever is a disease
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