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Zika Virus |
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By: Piper Date: January 16, 2016, 1:22 pm |
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A little-known virus called Zika, carried by mosquitoes, is |
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causing an unprecedented outbreak of microcephaly in infants |
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born to mothers who suffered the virus in some of South |
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America's largest countries. The disease causes small infant |
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head size and mental impairment. In the U.S. the CDC has issued |
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a warning to pregnant women to avoid Brazil and about 12 other |
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countries where the mosquitoes have spread the virus. |
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Re: Zika Virus |
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By: bradley Date: January 16, 2016, 6:03 pm |
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Although I have spoken to friends and families of missionaries |
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who have went to south america, none for awhile, will try to |
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remember if the subject comes up again. |
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Re: Zika Virus |
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By: Kerry Date: January 23, 2016, 8:34 pm |
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It's a matter of time, they say, before it shows up in the US, |
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according to CBS |
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/zika-virus-likely-to-spread-to-southern-u-s-experts… |
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As cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus are spreading across |
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Central and South America and the Caribbean, experts say it's |
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only a matter of time before the disease, which has been linked |
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to an alarming increase in birth defects in Brazil, is |
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transmitted within the United States. |
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"It's not if, it's when," said Mustapha Debboun, director of the |
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mosquito control division at Harris County Public Health and |
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Environmental Services in Houston. |
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Travelers to Zika-affected countries will bring the virus back |
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to the United States, he said, "and sooner or later, the |
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mosquitoes will pick up the virus." |
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