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PRO/AH/EDR> Zika virus – Brazil (05)

Zika virus -- Worldwide/UnknownLess than 2 months after issuing a travel notice for Brazil because of the dengue fever outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today [9 Jun 2015] issued another one because of a different mosquito borne virus, Zika virus.This follows a report last month [May 2015] of 16 confirmed, locally transmitted cases of Zika [virus infection]. Cases have been reported in the states of Bahia and Rio Grande do Norte.Zika is an illness caused by a virus that Read more [...]