French Guiana

The first case of microcephaly was confirmed yesterday. This is a 36 year-old resident Cayenne.It has not consulted during the first trimester of her pregnancy. She came to the hospital for the first time in early April, at 20 weeks of pregnancy. She then received a complete balance sheet, as at first consultation (an ultrasound and a blood test are provided for each quarter). She wore no symptoms of the virus; but the first blood test revealed that she had been in contact with the zika. http://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/education-sante-environnement/premier-cas-de-microcephalie-298948.php

Institut Pasteur de la Guyane has release 2015 Zika sequences from French Guiana (~2840 BP covering envelope gene)

Institut Pasteur de la Guyane has released a series of full and partial sequences from cases in French Guiana, including the fill sequence, 17271.

Institut Pasteur de la Guyane has release a large series of partial 2016 French Guiana sequences (2840 BP representing 5' end)

FRENCH GUIANA – 15 cases confirmed. 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 birth o…