Zika virus experts reveal horror disease may be spreading in TEARS

Ignacio Smith
03:49, Sep 7, 2016
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The Health Ministry pointed out that there is only a 5 per cent chance of pregnant mothers passing the Zika virus to their foetus.

The ministry, he revealed, would also be carrying out genetic tests to determine if the Zika virus that has reached Malaysian shores is of the African strain or Asian strain - the two types of Zika virus in existence.

She was the first victim to be afflicted by the virus recorded this year, and the sixth case registered in the country since 2012, according to Department of Health (DOH) Assistant Secretary Eric Tayag.

"We need to consider whether people with Zika have infectious virus in their eyes and how long it actually persists", study co-senior Dr. Michael Diamond, a professor of medicine, said in a university news release.

"Travel to Zika-affected countries is common, and actions to prevent Zika from spreading to local Aedes mosquitoes are vital to inhibit locally acquired human cases of this disease, " county Public Health Officer Wilma Wooten said.

The Philippines confirmed on Monday its first case of the Zika virus this year and said it was "highly likely" it had been locally transmitted, and it expected more cases after stepping up surveillance.

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The virus's link to microcephaly among babies born to infected mothers was deemed to be a public health emergency of worldwide concern by WHO earlier this year.

In other words, the world has cause to remain concerned about the Zika virus.

Florida officials said Tuesday they have diagnosed seven more home-grown Zika cases in Florida, six of them linked to an outbreak in Miami Beach.

One third of babies infected with Zika in utero have eye disease such as inflammation of the optic nerve, retinal damage or blindness, the researchers said.

Subramaniam also explained the difference between Zika virus and dengue.

Zika infections in pregnant women have been shown to cause microcephaly - a severe birth defect in which the head and brain are undersized - as well as other brain abnormalities. Malaysia has also announced Zika cases, including a man from Sabah who died over the weekend because of health complications.

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