Zika spreads to Bolivia, infecting pregnant woman

[Judi Lynn]

Zika spreads to Bolivia, infecting pregnant woman

January 19, 2016

A pregnant woman has been diagnosed with Zika in Bolivia, authorities said Tuesday, the first time the mosquito-borne virus, which has been linked to birth defects, has been transmitted here. Health officials in the South American country had previously detected three people who arrived from other countries with the disease, but the woman—who is eight weeks pregnant—is the first person to be infected in Bolivia, they said.

"She has not traveled outside the country. This is a home-grown case," said Joaquin Monasterio, director of health services for the eastern department of Santa Cruz.

It is impossible to determine whether the woman's baby will suffer from brain damage, officials said.

Several pregnant women infected with Zika in Brazil have given birth to babies who suffered from microcephaly, a rare condition in which the brain and skull are abnormally small.

A woman in Hawaii who had recently returned from Brazil with Zika also gave birth to a baby with brain damage, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed.

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http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-01-zika-bolivia-infecting-pregnant-woman.html

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1. will they see they need birth control AND abortion now???

[Judi Lynn]

2. Pregnant Americans contract Zika virus while travelling, health warning issued

Pregnant Americans contract Zika virus while travelling, health warning issued

Date January 20, 2016 - 1:35PM

Blythe Bernhard

St Louis: Two pregnant women from Illinois have contracted the mosquito-borne Zika virus while travelling in Honduras and Haiti, while a baby was born with the virus in Hawaii raising fears the virus is spreading to the US.

Zika has been linked to potentially fatal birth defects in Brazil, where authorities have linked it to a spike in newborns with microcephaly, or underdeveloped brains. The virus has been found in the Caribbean, Central America and South America.

The two women are being monitored by doctors but the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health warning for travel to countries where the virus is circulating including Puerto Rico, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname and Venezuela. Pregnant women are advised not to travel to those locations.

Health officials in Jamaica have advised women to delay pregnancy for six to 12 months while in Brazil officials have been telling women to consider not falling pregnant until more is known about the dangers to newborns

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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/pregnant-americans-contract-zika-virus-while-travelling-health-warning-issued-20160120-gm9sqp.html#ixzz3xknMAZpj