The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 13 cases of Zika virus disease statewide.

 

http://www.dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/diseases-and-conditions/zika

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Pregnant Illinois Woman Tests Positive For Zika Virus

April 18, 2016 4:17 PM By Steve Miller

Filed Under: Health, Steve Miller, Zika virus

 

Aedes aegypti mosquitos in various stages of development are displayed at en exhibition on Dengue fever on January 28, 2016 in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. The mosquito transmits the Zika virus, as well as Dengue.

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(CBS) — The Illinois Department of Public Health says another pregnant woman has tested positive for the Zika virus.

This latest case means there are now three confirmed cases of Zika among pregnant women in Illinois.

Doctors have linked Zika to microcephaly – a birth defect where the head is smaller than normal.

Besides the three cases of the virus in pregnant women, six other females also have Zika and four males have it.

The Illinois Department of Public Health says all 13 had traveled to other countries.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/04/18/pregnant-illinois-woman-tests-positive-for-zika-virus/

 

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Edited April 19, 201610 yr by niman