More than 11 600 cases zika virus in Colombia

World January 17, 2016 14:49

- In Colombia, more than 11 600 people are infected with the virus zika, among them 459 pregnant women. That made the Ministry of Health of that country announced. The virus is not dangerous to adults, but may lead to birth defects.

         Virus The symptoms are fever, rash and gewrichtspein. The US Public Health Institute CDC advises pregnant women off to Latin America or to travel to the Caribbean. The travel warning applies to fourteen countries in the region.
Zika the virus was in the last century, first discovered in Uganda. The virus is transmitted by mosquitoes. Scientists suspect that the virus infects the uterus. Infants born to infected mothers are born with a skull too small, so they incur brain damage.