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Officials at a state hospital in Honduras reported Friday the first case of a child born with microcephaly associated zika, a virus that affects more than 11,400 people in the Central American country was recorded. The baby has "congenital anomaly" he said Maradiaga, who said the mother, a 23 years and whose identity has not said, had contact with the virus in the first three months of pregnancy. the Ministry of Health has not confirmed when the case of microcephaly caused by the alleged zika the director of the state hospital in Danli. Zika virus, which is transmitted through the mosquito Aedes aegypti, the same that carries the chikungunya and dengue detected since mid-December in the Central American country. the disease can cause fever, though not very high; Red eyes without discharge without itching; rash with white or red spots and less frequently muscle and joint pain.

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Reported the first birth associated with microcephaly zika in Honduras

The authorities of a state hospital in Honduras today reported the first case of a child born with microcephaly associated zika, a virus that affects more than 11,400 people in the Central American country was recorded.

The head of state Gabriela Alvarado Hospital in the eastern city of Danli, Gonzalo Maradiaga, told reporters that the baby was born at the hospital at 0300 local time (0900 GMT) and the birth took place by natural childbirth.

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Report first birth associated with microcephaly Zika in Honduras

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Throughout this Jan. 30, 2016 picture, Elielson tries to calm his brother, Joseph Wesley, Bonito, in the province of Pernambuco, Brazil.  Joseph Wesley battle to eat, something common in children suffering from neurological disorders such as microcephaly.  (AP Photo / Felipe Dana)

AP Photo / Felipe Dana

The authorities of a state hospital in Honduras today reported the first case of a child born with microcephaly associated zika, a virus that affects more than 11,400 people in the Central American country was recorded.

EFE

The head of state Gabriela Alvarado Hospital in the eastern city of Danli, Gonzalo Maradiaga, told reporters that the baby was born at the hospital at 0300 local time (0900 GMT) and the birth took place by natural childbirth.

The baby has "congenital anomaly" said Maradiaga, who said the mother, a 23 years and whose identity has not said, had contact with the virus in the first three months of pregnancy.

"The patient went pregnancy without prenatal care," he stressed the Honduran doctor, who noted that microcephaly is a birth defect in which the infant is born with the skull smaller than normal.

The Health Ministry has not confirmed the moment the case of microcephaly caused by zika denounced by the director of the state hospital in Danli.

According to official figures, more than 11,400 cases of zika recorded in Honduras, of which 18 were women in gestation and reported 35 of Guillain Barre syndrome.

Zika virus, which is transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti, the same that carries the chikungunya and dengue, detected since mid-December in the Central American country.

The disease can cause, though not very high fever; Red eyes without discharge without itching; rash with white or red spots and less frequently muscle and joint pain. EFE

http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2016/02/12/reportan-primer-nacimiento-con-microcefalia-asociada-al-zika-en-honduras/

 

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