Brazil: All this, and Zika virus, too

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December 23, 2015 By Fausta Leave a Comment

Brazil: All this, and Zika virus, too

The country that imported 4,000 cuban medics two years ago faces another health crisis:

 

Spreading Virus Adds to Brazil’s Woes. Some health officials link outbreak of mosquito-borne pathogen to rising instances of infant deaths from rare disease

 

“With its introduction into Brazil and other countries in the Americas, including Colombia, El Salvador and Mexico, Zika is following a pattern similar to other mosquito-borne viruses that are riding speedily to new parts of the world.

 

The virus is carried by the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus species, the same mosquitoes that transmit dengue and a similar disease, chikungunya. Those mosquitoes populate the southern U.S., Caribbean, Central and South America, Dr. Powers said