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| MMWR Early Release Vol. 65, Early Release January 22, 2016 |
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| Zika Virus Spreads to New Areas — Region of the Americas, May 2015–January 2016 Morgan Hennessey, DVM; Marc Fischer, MD; J. Erin Staples, MD, PhD. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;65(Early Release):1–4 In May 2015, the World Health Organization reported the first local transmission of Zika virus in the Americas, with autochthonous cases identified in Brazil. In December, the Ministry of Health estimated that 440,000–1,300,000 suspected cases of Zika virus disease had occurred in Brazil in 2015. By January 19, 2016, local transmission had been identified in Puerto Rico and 19 other countries or territories in the Americas. Further spread to other countries in the region is likely. |
| Possible Association Between Zika Virus Infection and Microcephaly — Brazil, 2015 Lavinia Schuler-Faccini, PhD; Erlane M. Ribeiro, PhD; Ian M.L. Feitosa, MD; et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;65(Early Release):1–4 An outbreak of Zika virus infection was first recognized in northeastern Brazil in early 2015. By September, a sharp increase in microcephaly cases was reported from affected areas. The Brazil Ministry of Health developed a case definition for Zika virus-related microcephaly, and established a task force and a registry to investigate Zika virus-related cases of microcephaly and to describe the clinical characteristics of cases. |
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