Two Zika Confirmed Microcephaly Cases In Colombia

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Colombia says two cases of microcephaly linked to Zika virus

Source: Reuters - Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:07 GMT

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BOGOTA, April 14 (Reuters) - Colombia's health ministry said on Thursday it had confirmed two cases of the rare birth defect microcephaly are connected to the mosquito-borne Zika virus, after the disease was linked to more than a thousand confirmed cases of microcephaly in Brazil.

According to the World Health Organization, there is a strong scientific consensus that Zika can cause microcephaly as well as Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that can result in paralysis, though conclusive proof may take months or years.

U.S. health officials said on Wednesday that infection with the Zika virus during pregnancy causes microcephaly, a finding experts hope will refocus attention on prevention efforts. (Reporting by Julia Symmes Cobb; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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Colombia confirms two cases of microcephaly associated with Zika virus

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 The Colombian government on Thursday confirmed the first two cases in the country of microcephaly associated with zika.

Deputy Health Minister, Fernando Ruiz, told a news conference in Bogota that the cases were reported in women in the departments of Cundinamarca, in the center of the country, and Norte de Santander, in the northeast and on the border with Venezuela .

Still in study 15 other cases. (I)

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Colombia confirms first cases of birth defects tied to Zika

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BOGOTA – Colombia is confirming the first two cases of a rare birth defect associated with the spread of Zika.

The National Institute of Health on Thursday said that of the 33 cases of microcephaly reported so far this year, two have been confirmed to have been caused by the mosquito-borne virus.

The government agency said that one case was in Norte de Santander department near the border with Venezuela and the other in the lowland areas near the capital, Bogota.

Zika has been related to a surge in babies born with small heads in Brazil. Despite the virus’ spread across Latin America almost no cases of microcephaly have been discovered elsewhere until now.

The Centers for Disease Control on Wednesday confirmed that Zika is a cause of the birth defects.

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Colombia confirms two cases of microcephaly associated with zika

Published on Thursday April 14, 2016 in SOCIETY

 

FILE - In this file photo, Dec. 23, 2015, Elison 10 years caring for his brother Jose Wesley two months, who was born with microcephaly, at home in Poco Fundo, Pernambuco, Brazil. The Brazilian government announced on Friday, January 15, 2016 to allocate funds for biomedical research center with which it will try to develop a vaccine against the virus zika, related to brain damage in infants. (AP Photo / Felipe Dana, File)

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The Colombian government on Thursday confirmed the first two cases in the country of microcephaly associated with zika .

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Deputy Health Minister, Fernando Ruiz, said in a press conference that the cases were reported in the departments of Cundinamarca, in the center of the country, and Norte de Santander, in the northeast and on the border with Venezuela.

Still in study 15 other cases, the official, who also warned that legal respect for the rights of children municipalities of origin of the two affected with microcephaly will not be revealed to the press said.

The news in Colombia came a day after US health authorities reported that there is no doubt that the virus causes zika babies born with abnormally small heads and other serious brain defects. (I)

By CESAR GARCIA, Associated Press

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Confirmed two cases of microcephaly first associated with zika in Colombia

A day after the United States the link between the two diseases, national authorities presented the first evidence was confirmed.

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Health authorities reported Thursday the first two cases of microcephaly in newborns associated with the Zika virus, a day after US scientists concluded that this disease causes this disease and other brain defects in fetuses. "Colombia confirmed first two cases of microcephaly associated with zika "she said health ministry in a statement. of 33 cases of microcephaly reported," 18 completed their analysis, 16 have been dismissed, two have been confirmed in residents of Norte de Santander (1) and Cundinamarca ( 1), in the meantime are still 15 under study , "said the text, quoting the deputy minister of Public Health and Health Services Delivery Fernando Ruiz. by the epidemic is expected that new cases of children born with microcephaly between May and September appear, he said Ruiz news conference. About 70,000 clinical cases of zika were reported in Colombia to date, according to official figures from the National Institute of Health (INS), incharge of epidemiological surveillance over the country. However, until the end of the epidemic, which could be extended through June, up from 200,000 clinical cases of the disease throughout the country it is expected. In addition, health authorities projected between 95 and 300 cases of microcephaly and up to 380 Syndrome Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), a disorder in which the immune system attacks part of the nervous that controls muscle strength system. a study released Wednesday in the United States indicated that "scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluded, after carefully reviewing the evidence, that the virus Zika cause microcephaly and other severe brain defects in the fetus. " Colombia is one of the countries most affected by the zika, a virus transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti virus, also spread dengue, yellow fever and Chikungunya.

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Zika confirmed in first microcephaly cases in Colombia

Of 33 cases of microcephaly reported so far this year, 2 have been confirmed to have been caused by Zika

The Associated Press Posted: Apr 14, 2016 12:03 PM ET Last Updated: Apr 14, 2016 12:03 PM ET

 

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Daniela Rodriguez, 19, six-weeks pregnant, sits between two other women who are expecting, as they wait for test results after being diagnosed with the Zika virus in Cucuta, Colombia in February. The country's health ministry confirms two cases of the rare birth defect microcephaly connected to the virus. (Ricardo Mazalan/Associated Press)

Colombia is confirming the first two cases of a rare birth defect associated with the spread of Zika.

The U.S. National Institute of Health on Thursday said that of the 33 cases of microcephaly reported so far this year, two have been confirmed to have been caused by the mosquito-borne virus.

The government agency said that one case was in Norte de Santander department near the border with Venezuela and the other in the lowland areas near the capital, Bogota.

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• Zika confirmed as a cause of microcephaly: CDC

Zika has been related to a surge in babies born with small heads in Brazil. Despite the virus' spread across Latin America almost no cases of microcephaly have been discovered elsewhere until now.

The Centers for Disease Control on Wednesday confirmed that Zika is a cause of the birth defects.

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Confirms first cases of microcephaly caused by zika in Colombia

Experts from the National Institute of Health and the CDC continue with the analysis of other cases.

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Confirmed cases of Cundinamarca and Norte de Santander.

 

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The National Institute of Health (INS) has completed the analysis of 33 cases of microcephaly that had arisen in Colombia this year and found that two of them, one in Norte de Santander and another in Cundinamarca, were caused by infection with the virus zika during pregnancy.

Of the 33 cases, 12 were discarded absolutely through the practice of more than 10 tests designed by the INS in conjunction with a committee of the Centers for Prevention and Disease Control (CDC, USA), which it is in the country since 12 February.

 

 

 

Fourteen more are still in regular study with specific tests and examinations. According to Martha Ospina, director of the INS, there is still a group of six probable cases are being subjected to further analysis; It is expected to soon have definitive conclusions.

 

Wednesday CDC also confirmed that the virus zika cause microcephaly and other brain birth defects in babies of infected mothers; the results were published in the 'New England Journal of Medicine.

Although in recent weeks has been accumulating evidence of this kind, establishing causal relationship between zika and microcephaly, it has not yet produced the declaration of the World Health Organization, which officially recognized.

Developing news story 

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Colombia confirms first cases of birth defects tied to Zika

AP  |  Bogota April 14, 2016 Last Updated at 22:13 IST

 

 

 

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Colombia has confirmed the first two cases of a rare birth defect associated with the spread of Zika. 

The National Institute of Health today said that of the 33 cases of microcephaly reported so far this year, two have been confirmed to have been caused by the mosquito-borne virus. Another 15 cases remain under analysis while 16 cases have been ruled out for any relation to the virus. 

The government agency said that one case was in Norte de Santander department near the border with Venezuela and the other in the lowland areas near the capital, Bogota. No other details were provided out of respect for the families' privacy. 

Zika has been related to a surge in babies born with small heads in Brazil. Despite the virus' spread across Latin America, no cases of microcephaly have been discovered elsewhere until now except for one case involving a baby in Panama. 

The announcement comes a day after the Centers for Disease Control confirmed that there's no doubt Zika is a cause of the birth defects. 

Colombian authorities have been on the lookout for a rise in microcephaly ever since the epidemic hit Brazil. But authorities say the 33 cases of microcephaly reported in the country so far in 2016 don't represent a statistical aberration from previous years.

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Colombia confirms first Zika-linked birth defects

Colombia has confirmed the first two cases of a rare birth defect associated with the spread of Zika virus.

The National Institute of Health on Thursday said that of the 33 cases of microcephaly reported in the country so far this year, two have been confirmed to be caused by the mosquito-borne virus. Another 15 cases remain under analysis while 16 cases have been ruled out for any relation to the virus.

The government agency said that one case was in Norte de Santander department near the border with Venezuela and the other in the lowland areas near the capital, Bogota. No other details were provided out of respect for the families' privacy.

Babies born with microcephaly have unusually small heads and an underdeveloped brain at birth. Children with the condition may face a broad spectrum of health issues, including lifelong intellectual disabilities.

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Zika has been related to a surge in babies born with small heads in Brazil. Despite the virus' spread across Latin America, no cases of microcephaly have been discovered elsewhere in the region until now, except for one case involving a baby in Panama.

The announcement comes a day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that there's no doubt Zika can cause the birth defects. It's the first time in history a virus transmitted by mosquito bite has been found to cause birth defects.

Colombian authorities have been on the lookout for a rise in microcephaly ever since the epidemic hit Brazil last year. But authorities say the 33 cases of microcephaly reported in the country so far in 2016 don't represent a statistical aberration from previous years.

The CDC is recommending pregnant women avoid travel to areas where Zika virus is spreading. Because the virus can also be transmitted through sex, women and their partners who have traveled to the region are urged to abstain from sex or use latex condoms.

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15 APR 2016 - 3:30AM

Colombia confirms two microcephaly cases

 

New figures from Colombia suggest it is not experiencing the same increase in Zika-related cases of microcephaly that has affected neighbouring Brazil.

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Two cases of microcephaly linked to the Zika virus have been confirmed in Colombia, but there has been no explosion of cases of the birth defect, the health ministry says.

Public health officials have been concerned about the possibility of a surge in the rare birth defect, seen in worrisome numbers in Brazil, as the mosquito-borne virus spreads rapidly in Latin America and the Caribbean.

More than 1100 Zika-related cases of microcephaly have been confirmed in Brazil, but the new figures indicated that its neighbour Colombia is not yet experiencing the same type of increase.

There have been 33 microcephaly cases recorded this year in Colombia associated with various causes, the health ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

Eighteen were investigated for a suspected link to Zika, and 16 of those cases were ruled out, it said.

Babies with microcephaly are born with unusually small heads that can result in developmental problems.

"We have not seen an explosion in cases of microcephaly," vice health minister Fernando Ruiz said, adding that in typical years, Colombia records 11 or 12 cases a month.

"We have a number of cases within normal range," Ruiz added.

There eventually could be a total of between 95 and 300 cases of microcephaly in Colombia this year, the ministry said.

US health authorities on Wednesday announced their conclusion that infection with the Zika virus during pregnancy causes microcephaly in babies.

The World Health Organization has said there is a strong scientific consensus that Zika can cause microcephaly as well as Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that can result in paralysis.

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Microcephaly, the most terrible aftermath of the Zika virus
The MoH confirmed 2 cases and projects up to 300 more children will be born between May and September this anomaly derived Zika in Colombia
By: Las2orillas | April 15, 2016
 Microcephaly, the most terrible aftermath of the Zika virus
Scientific authorities have confirmed a feared effect. In the departments of Norte de Santander and Cundinamarca first two babies were born with microcephaly, caused because their mothers at the time of gestation were infected with the virus Zika. The epidemic, which has spread for three months across the country, is transmitted by the bite of Aedes mosquito and to date no record of 70,000 reported clinical cases. Now scientific authorities establish the association of the virus with the abnormal development of the skull in babies: the head of those born with this involvement is lower than normal.

Deputy Health Minister Fernando Ruiz Gómez, explained that his office and the National Institute of Health (INS) worked hand the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, USA, to monitor cases analysis from where the discovery of the two confirmed, and there are 15 other cases still under study. "However, the new estimates we project with the National Institute of Health realize that may occur between 95 and 300 cases of microcephaly, up to 380 cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome and a maximum of 200,000 clinical cases of the disease (Zika ) throughout the national territory, "Ruiz said.

Zika association with microcephaly was something that was speculation fear of the outbreak of the virus, but there was no scientific support that support it. The Deputy Minister explained Ruiz complex scientific protocol followed to prove or rule out a case of microcephaly originates Zika virus. "In each case, the INS conducted a strict protocol consisting of three laboratory tests for infections by molecular technique and genetic testing of more than 500 bands, plus brain scan, ophthalmologic evaluation, hearing, consultation genetics neuropediatrics, as it requires, "he said.

The news was given in Colombia just one day after the Center for Disease Control of the United States announced to the world that effectively Zika causes serious defects in newborns, including microcephaly. Colombia now realizes the first two confirmed cases, but it is a matter of time that -according to projections begin to be international- cases throughout Latin America as the Pan American Health Organization realizes twenty countries suffer the epidemic the Zika.

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