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Gorgas Institute For Health Studies Memorial Institute in Panama has released 5 partial 2015 Panama sequences.

Volume 22, Number 8—August 2016LetterFebrile or Exanthematous Illness Associated with Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya Viruses, Panamahttp://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/8/16-0292_article

Table 3. Countries, territories and areas reporting microcephaly and /or CNS malformation cases potentially associated with Zika virus infection Reporting country or territory Number of microcephaly and /or CNS malformation cases suggestive of congenital infections or potentially associated with a Zika virus infection Probable location of infection Brazil 15516 Brazil Cabo Verde 6 Cabo Verde Colombia 7 Colombia French Polynesia 8 French Polynesia Marshall Islands 1 Marshall Islands Martinique 4 7 Martinique Panama 5 Panama Puerto Rico 1 Puerto Rico Slovenia8 1 Brazil Spain 1 Colombia United States of America9,10 2 Brazil; Mexico, Belize or Guatemala (undetermined)

JCVI has released a full 2016 Panama sequence from a case, PAN/BEI-259634_V4/2016,

J Craig Venter Institute has released 3 full 2015 Zika sequences from Panama which match early sequences from Colombia / Martinque and recent Mexico isolates.

Panama MoH confirms four Zika linked microcephaly cases.

Gorgas confirmed cases of microcephaly related to zikaTweetShare on FacebookShare by emailBY YANNISSE VERGARA 04/04/2016 - 1:18 PMThe deputy director of the Gorgas Memorial Institute, Miguel Pascals, confirmed Monday April 4, that have been reported several cases of microcephaly in newborns related to Zika virus in Panamanian soil. Pascals explained, it is four cases of microcephaly in infants, of which three have already been confirmed and the other is under evaluation. The first was reported in a newborn who suffered from congenital malformation, encephalocele and microcephaly, which presumably would be related to the zika, which was detected by examination practice…

First case of microcephaly linked to zika in Panama Friday, March 18, 2016 - 17:00 authorities health confirmed the birth of a baby with zika related to microcephaly, the first recorded in the country. The doctor confirmed that the Itza Barahona mother Baby is not of indigenous races and has been in risk sectors, and living in the Coco de La Chorrera. Barahona explained that the baby's mother affected gave birth at the Hospital Santo Tomas and presented diagnosis of encephalocele and microcephaly. " He died hours after birth. it was reported that the cause of death was apparently infestation his mother during the gestation period of Zika virus. the alert was given by th…

PANAMA: 42 cases of Zika, including one pregnant woman. 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 inc…