This Virus Poses Dangerous Threat to Pregnant Women: It Causes Newborns to Develop Small Brains!

This virus is transmitted by mosquitoes and it was first identified in Uganda back in the 1940s. It has spread throughout Africa, parts of Asia, and more recently through Latin America. So far there is no vaccine or medication that would stop the spread of the virus.

Last year, Brazil recorded 3,000 cases of microcephaly even in newborn babies. It is a devastating neurological disorder that causes newborns to develop abnormally small skulls and brains.

Brazil’s Health Ministry in November 2015 declared the spread of Zika virus to be a national emergency.

This virus is transmitted by mosquitoes and it was first identified in Uganda back in the 1940s. It has spread throughout Africa, parts of Asia, and more recently through Latin America. So far there is no vaccine or medication that would stop the spread of the virus.

The virus usually only causes a mild reaction in children and adults, including symptoms such as an itchy rash, fever, while others may be symptomless.

Having identified the virus in the placentas of Brazilian children born with microcephaly, researchers now suspect that the two are somehow linked.

By October 2015, cases of Zika virus had been reported in Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Panama, Suriname and Venezuela, and this week in Puerto Rico.