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Wed Aug 17, 2016 3:15pm EDT Guatemala confirms first case of newborn with microcephaly linked to Zika Guatemalan authorities on Wednesday confirmed the Central American country's first case of a baby born with microcephaly linked to Zika. Carlos Mejia, director of the infectious diseases department at Guatemala City's Hospital Roosevelt, said two other suspected cases were also being analyzed. U.S. health officials have concluded that Zika infections in pregnant women can cause microcephaly, a birth de…

four possible cases of microcephaly are reported zikaLaboratory tests are carried out in Guatemala, USA.UU. and Brazil, to confirm the diagnosis. Filed in:microcephaly,Ministry of Health,Health,ZikaBy Andrea Orozco and Geldi Muñoz July 7, 2016 at 12: 02hEdgar Arana, ministry spokesperson, told Prensa Libre that two of the births occurred in Suchitepequez, Escuintla and another one in the Roosevelt Hospital. Still no dates which were recorded births is determined. According to Arana, the mothers had no prenatal care in the public sector and only attended the national hospital for the birth of children. Read also: Zika, a latent threat in GuatemalaThe official explained tha…

Health confirmed 90 cases of zikaA total of 90 cases of zika have been confirmed so far this year, also reported 276 suspects, according to the Ministry of Health. http://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/comunitario/salud-confirma-90-casos-de-zika

Guatemala Confirmed Zika Cases Increases To 105 http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Mundo/Interior.aspx?content_id=5007590&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JN-ULTIMAS+(JN+-+Ultimas)

GUATEMALA: 68 confirmed cases of Zika. Zika Americas By The NumbersPublished on Jan 29 2016, at 8:05 amFACEBOOKEMAILPINTERESTTWITTERGOOGLE+LINKEDIN A health worker calls out to residents to remain inside during fumigation in an attempt to eradicate the mosquito which transmits the Zika virus on January 28, 2016 in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) By NAN Staff Writer News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Jan. 29, 2016: The mosquito-virus Zika continues to spread across the Americas – Latin America and the Caribbean. Arrival of the virus in some countries of the Americas, notably Brazil, has been associated with a steep increase in the birt…