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Zika: virus transmitted by the Aedes mosquito.

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• published: 17 Jan 2016
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Zika: virus transmitted by the Aedes mosquito. This type spread to more serious diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and Chikungunya. These mosquitoes are usually confined to more tropical or subtropical regions, but different species of mosquito, including the Asian tiger mosquito, can travel further north. People can not pass the virus from one to another, but if a mosquito bites an infected person, which then infects others bite later. Because the disease is mild symptoms (including fever, rash and headache occur anywhere between three and twelve days after being bitten) experts used to believe it was harmless. This is also because one out of four people do not always have symptoms. The reason the virus has become a big deal is because it is believed to be related to an increase in birth defects, with the possible evidence of a link between infection in pregnant women and spontaneous abortion or defects Baby birth in the head. Children born to women who had been infected during the first trimester may be at increased risk of being born with a defect known as microcephaly, where a baby is born with an abnormally small head and brain. Before, Zika was usually only seen in Africa, the South Pacific and parts of Asia. It is only recently arrived in South America, especially Brazil, which is circulating in the poorest countries areas. Recently, in November, there have been more than 1,200 cases of microcephaly (birth defect associated with the virus), including seven deaths in more than a dozen states. #Zika #Dengue #Chikungunya #virus #ZikaVirus #Brasil #Brazil #Venezuela #Salud #FightAedes #CombateAedes