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Larvae of the mosquito Aedes Aegypti, that transmits zika virus and dengue fever, at a laboratory in San Jose, Costa Rica

Larvae of the mosquito Aedes Aegypti, that transmits zika virus and dengue fever, at a laboratory in San Jose, Costa Rica Source: AAP

The Zika virus is continuing its spread across the Americas with the number of pregnant women infected in Colombia doubling in a week. More than 2,000 pregnant women in Colombia have the virus, which has been linked to babies born with abnormally small brains. The World Health Organisation, which has warned of up to four million cases this year, has called an emergency meeting in Geneva to decide whether Zika should be treated as a global emergency.


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By Greg Dyett, Kruno Martinac

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The Zika virus is continuing its spread across the Americas with the number of pregnant women infected in Colombia doubling in a week. More than 2,000 pregnant women in Colombia have the virus, which has been linked to babies born with abnormally small brains. The World Health Organisation, which has warned of up to four million cases this year, has called an emergency meeting in Geneva to decide whether Zika should be treated as a global emergency.



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