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Zika virus, Guillain Barre — Brazil
The state Secretariat of Health confirmed this Tuesday (14 [Jul 2015]) the 1st case of Zika virus [infection] in Parana. The individual is a 48-year-old woman, resident of Sao Miguel do Iguacu, in the eastern area of the state, who presented with symptoms in May [2015] and is now well.
“Initially, the case was diagnosed as dengue, but laboratory tests rule out that disease, which motivated a continuation of the investigation with samples sent to the Fiocruz [reference] laboratory, which