Contracting zika while traveling outside the u. S. The first case of the zika virus is confirmed. The patient is from boston. Health Officials Say the patient contracted it in a country where transmission is ongoing. Dr. Paul sacks heads up Brigham Womens Infectious Disease department. Zik is a tropical viral infection that was known about for some time. Its been in africa. Its been in polynesia. Reporter recently it jumped to the americas. It first appeared in may of last year in brazil. Reporter he says most people may not even realize they have it but that pregnant women need to be especially cautious. Pregnant women who have contracted zika virus appear to have a higher chance of having a baby with a malformation called micro severally. Or being born with a small head and brain. Reporter the National Security teams have been alerted we dont expect a major outbreak in the United States despite the fact that theres considerable problems in south america. Reporter that includes nearly
Admits the zika virus problem when the first thoughts but for more than 20 countries and now massachusetts. Zika virus is spreading explosively and time is running out to contain it. Thats the word from the world health organization. Warning on thursday the virus countries. And the number of cases could year. We need to take action now. Whatever we can do in terms of control environmental control. Every member of the community can do something good. If we can control the vehicle we can minimize the impact it outbreak is largely in latin american countries but the cdc says there at least 31 cases in the us. The good news all of those cases are travel related and is been no transmission within the us so far. We dont have outbreaks of local transmissions in the United States the continental the cdc issued a travel alert to pregnant women warning them not to go to countries where the outbreak is occurring. Local officials now urging residents to he that warning to them promising to work wi
Dr. Paul sacks heads up Brigham Womens Infectious Disease department. Zik is a tropical viral infection that was known about for some time. Its been in africa. Its been in polynesia. Reporter recently it jumped to the americas. It first appeared in may of last year in brazil. Reporter he says most people may not even realize they have it but that pregnant women need to be especially cautious. Pregnant women who have contracted zika virus appear to have a higher chance of having a baby with a malformation called micro severally. Or being born with a small head and brain. Reporter the National Security teams have been alerted to the situation. We dont expect a major outbreak in the United States despite the fact that theres considerable problems in south america. Reporter that includes nearly 4,000 cases of zika linked birth defects reported in brazil this year alone. Back in boston, as in the rest goes out to women planning or expecting a baby. Women who are pregnant and women who are p
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