File photo shows an Aedes aegypti mosquito
inside a test tube as part of a research on preventing the spread of the
Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases at a control and
prevention center in Guadalupe, neighbouring Monterrey
(Copyright Reuters 2016)
BOGOTA – Colombia's
health ministry said on Thursday it had confirmed two cases of the rare
birth defect microcephaly are connected to the mosquito-borne Zika
virus, after the disease was linked to more than a thousand confirmed
cases of microcephaly in Brazil.
According to the World Health Organization, there is a strong scientific consensus that Zika can cause microcephaly as well as Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that can result in paralysis, though conclusive proof may take months or years.
source-foxnews.
According to the World Health Organization, there is a strong scientific consensus that Zika can cause microcephaly as well as Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that can result in paralysis, though conclusive proof may take months or years.
source-foxnews.
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