Zika Cases In Germany Increase To 26

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Germany recorded 26 cases of Zika virus

According to the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, they have reported a total of 26 cases of Zika since last October in German territory, none of them linked to pregnant women.

  

 

March 1, 2016 by / Sergio Noriega Section International

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) virology Berlinreported this day that since last October to date have reported a total of 26 cases of Zikain Germany , none of which in pregnant women.

According to a spokesman for the institute, neither cases of transmission of the virus is known Zika sexually, but reported that this information is often not in the public domain.

During the report, the spokesman RKIreported that not too much information on the cases reported so far known, since infection with the virus Zika is not subject to detailed reporting by health authorities.

It should be noted that there are suspicions that the virus Zika generates fetal malformations when the infection is recorded in a pregnant woman, increased the risk of the baby suffering cases of microcephaly. One of the countries most affected by this situation is Brazil, the epicenter of this new virus epidemic in the Americas.

Likewise, the virus Zika has been associated with that of Guillaun-Barré syndrome in adults, which affects the nervous system and leads to a slight paralysis in the infected.

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