Zika Linked Microcephaly In Panama

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First case of microcephaly linked to zika in Panama

 

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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 the infectious disease specialist Xavier Sáez-Llorens. who is also apediatrician, when publishing his billTwitter: first case of microcephaly and zika in chorrerana mother suggests that there are thousands of Panamanians already infected! many more will come, sadly. 
"It is therefore important strengthen prenatal care, "said Dr. Barahona,

http://www.critica.com.pa/nacional/primer-caso-de-microcefalia-vinculado-zika-en-panama-426664?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

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MoH confirms first case of microcephaly in Panama linked to zika

 

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| 18 MAR 2016 04.41PM

The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed Friday that registered the first case of microcephaly in Panama, from the community of El Coco, La Chorrera.

Itza Barahona de Mosca, Director General of Health explained that the pregnancy was referred to the Clinic High-Risk Pregnancies Santo Tomas Hospital. The mother gave birth on Thursday and the baby was born with neurological malformations living only about four hours.

Said tests were done to the mother and is not marked positive zika, however in preliminary tests performed on the cord blood marked positive for the virus, which does not rule out having received the virus before, since research retrospect, "the disease is not known behavior ... this is a story that has to be alert and call attention because it indicates that the virus was already circulating before the first outbreak was detected in Guna Yala".

He added that the mother had no symptoms box nor had contact with natives.

A culture was sent to the Gorgas Memorial Institute for the respective analysis. 

The Pediatric infectious disease specialist, Xavier Sáez-Llorens, posted on his Twitter account the following:

xavier Sáez-Llorens @xsaezll

first case of microcephaly and zika in chorrerana mother suggests that there are thousands of Panamanians already infected! many more will come, sadly ...

16:49 - 18 Mar 2016

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Baby dies with microcephaly caused by Zika virus in Panama

Microcephaly is a birth defect where the baby's head is smaller than expected,

Rosalie Simmons , Urania Cecilia Molina  18 Mar 2016 to 17: 44h

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By early March, authorities had reported three pregnant women who had acquired the virus zika.

By early March, authorities had reported three pregnant women who had acquired the virus zika. BLOOMBERG / File

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The death of a child with microcephaly was confirmed this afternoon by the authorities of the Ministry of Health (MoH)  and the Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies (ICGES).

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• One of every 100 infected zika women can have a baby with microcephaly

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According to Nestor Sosa, director of ICGES, the infant was born and died on Thursday. The mother comes from Panama West and had not shown symptoms of Zika virus . But then they tested the umbilical cord and tested positive for Zika . 

The baby was born before nine months and died hours after being born with microcephaly and other complications. 

Microcephaly is a birth defect where the baby's head is smaller than expected compared with the babies of the same age and sex. Recently it has been associated to the Zika virus,  after the munidal epidemic broke out .

Already by early March, and the Health Minister Francisco Javier Terrientes, he had reported three pregnant women who had acquired the virus zika two on the comrca Guna Yala and one in the province of Panama.

 

The first health alert in Panama by the Zika virus , transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti , was activated in December 2015, when records began the first reports of the disease in the region Guna Yala.

From December to date they have reported 130 cases of the disease in the country, with the communities of the region Guna Yala where most cases are concentrated.

However, they have also been reported in the districts of Tocumen, Bella Vista, San Francisco, Bethany, Las Cumbres and in the districts of Arraijan, La Chorrera and Chame, in the province of Panama Oeste and Sabanitas province of Colon, as Epidemiology MoH reports.

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Ministry of Health confirms death of a child who was born with microcephaly in Panama

So far the Ministry of Health has reported 130 cases in the country zika

 

 

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This Friday the first case of microcephaly was reported by zika in Panama.According to the director of the Gorgas, Nestor Sosa, the bad training was very serious and the baby lived only a few hours.

Itza Barahona de Mosca explained that the case was registered in El Coco La Chorrera and woman is not of Indian features, as was reported in social networks.

"This shows that since the virus was circulating in the country before we detect the outbreak," said Mosca, who said he was looking forward to the birth of a child with microcephaly, as has happened in other countries where it is the Zika virus.

The official called on Panamanians to prevent breeding, as this is the best way to fight the virus, since there is no vaccine to treat it.

http://laestrella.com.pa/panama/nacional/minsa-confirma-muerte-menor-nacio-microcefalia/23928716

 

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Newborn dies microcephaly linked to zika

 

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A newborn became the first victim of microcephaly case related to zika, as confirmed by Ministry officials Health and the Gorgas Institute. 
The director Gorgas, Nestor Sosa, confirmed that the baby's mother is not of indigenous races and was in risk sectors, and living in the Coco de La Chorrera. Sosa said that the woman had not shown symptoms of the virus during pregnancy. 
Barahona explained that the mother affected baby gave birth in Santo Tomas Hospital and presented diagnosis of encephalocele and microcephaly. "He died within hours of being born. 
The authorities are doing studies to the placenta and an autopsy the baby. 
" It is important strengthen prenatal care, "said Dr. Barahona.

http://www.critica.com.pa/nacional/muere-recien-nacido-por-microcefalia-vinculada-al-zika-426664

 

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Confirmed dead baby with microcephaly by zika

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The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed this afternoon on March 18, the death of a newborn baby with microcephaly in Nicolas A. Solano Hospital, in the district of La Chorrera, in the province of Panama West.

 

Itza Barahona de Mosca, director MoH General of Health, said that at the time the mother of the dead baby, entered the hospital had no record that she had carried or carried the Zika virus. 

 

"He was made studies, she did not test positive, however when the umbilical cord was analyzed little yes tested positive, "Barahona de Mosca said.

 

He confirmed that the motherBaby is not indigenous race or been in risk sectors, and living in the Coco de La Chorrera. She explained that the woman gave birth at Santo Tomas Hospital (HST).

 

He added that it is estimated that the mother gestation period began in August 2015, long before the authorities made known that the outbreak of the virus in Panama. 

 

 Barahona de Mosca noted that studies to other organs of the deceased baby will."We feel sad but it was something we had warned," he said and appealed to the population to prevent breeding of Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits the virus Zika, dengue and chikungunya addition. 

 

"This is the only way to prevent the virus from spreading further, as there is no vaccine for the cure," he added and said that people close in vulnerable areas where there are cases of zika use condoms to prevent the spread of the virus or born with evil creatures.

 

He also said that the cause of death was apparently infestation his mother during the gestation period with the Zika virus.

 

For its part Xavier Sáez-Llorens, who is a pediatrician and clinical investigator and infectious disease specialist who works on the HST, posted on his Twitter account the news. 

 

Very important to note that microcephaly it is a neurological disorder in which the circumference of the head is smaller than the average circumference for age and sex of the child. The disease can be congenital or may occur in the early years of life. 

 

The disorder can come from a wide variety of conditions that cause an altered brain or syndromes associated with chromosomal abnormalities growth. It is presumed that the Zika associated with microcephaly.

 

It should be noted that to date are 134 cases of the virus and the areas affected by the outbreak are the Comarca Guna Yala, Narganá, San Francisco, Bella Vista, north Panama, specifically in Las Cumbres, El Tecal, gecko in the province of Colon, Gorgona, La Mitra, Veracruz and Vista Alegre. There are also cases in Parque Lefevre, Juan Diaz, Bethany, Tocumen, Paitilla, River Congo, Gamboa, Costa del Este, Clayton, Playon Chico, Puerto Obaldia and San Miguelito. 

 

Previously Minister Francisco Javier Terrientes MoH said that many of the reports are related zika people traveling from Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Honduras. He added that in his 80% people have no symptoms.

 

The MoH calls on the population to prevent the proliferation of mosquitoes should remove water that is accumulated inside and outside the home once a week, use a proper level of chlorine in the water of the pools and fountains of water, avoid vases or water use and perform cleaning and waste reelection in and out of house plants. 

 

They also recommend using repellents, if possible wear clothing that covers arms and legs, put screens on cots or beds of rest.

 

Due to the onset of outbreaks that occurred in Guna Yala, the national government decreed months ago health alert throughout the country to prevent the spread of the virus in other parts of the country, and it provided $ 10 million to address the warning, which 8.2 million are being used by the MoH. While the February 1 the World Health Organization (WHO), international emergency declared by the disease.

http://www.diaadia.com.pa/el-país/confirman-muerte-de-bebé-con-microcefalia-por-zika-289651

 

 

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MoH confirmed the death of a baby with microcephaly in Panama

18/3/16 - 04:30 PM

Dr. Itza Barahona de Mosca said that when the mother entered the hospital no history she portara the Zika virus.

 

 

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The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed this afternoon, Friday, March 18 death of a newborn with microcephaly at St. Thomas Hospital baby.

Dr. Itza Barahona said Mosca at the momentthe mother entered the hospital there was no history that she will carry the Zika virus. "It made her studies she did not test positive, however when the umbilical cord of small yes analyzed tested positive," he said.

He added that it is estimated that mother He began the gestation period in August 2015, even if the authorities made known that the virus was in Panama. 

He clarified that the mother belongs to the community of Coco in La Chorrera and further studies are made to other organs of the deceased baby. "We feel sad but it was something we had warned," he said.

Barahona de Mosca called the populationto prevent breeding of mosquito that transmits Zika virus. "This is the only way to prevent the virus from spreading further, as there is no vaccine for the cure," he added.

http://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/nacion/minsa-confirma-la-muerte-de-un-bebe-con-microcefalia-en-panama-1018489

 

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Panama Finds First Case of Microcephaly Tied to Zika

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMARCH 18, 2016, 9:36 P.M. E.D.T.

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PANAMA CITY — Doctors in Panama have identified a baby born with a rare brain disorder thought to be linked to Zika, the first such case outside Brazil.

The Gorgas Memorial Institute said they found traces of the virus in the baby's umbilical cord. The baby was born Thursday with a shrunken head, a condition known as microcephaly, and another cranial deformation called encephalocele. It died four hours later.

Like the vast majority of people infected with Zika, the child's mother never reported symptoms during pregnancy.

A spike in microcephaly in Brazil has led doctors to investigate links between the birth defects and Zika. But despite the mosquito-borne virus' fast spread throughout Latin America until now there have been no cases outside Brazil of infants born with microcephaly who've tested positive for Zika.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/03/18/world/americas/ap-lt-panama-zika-birth-defect.html?_r=0

 

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A newborn with microcephaly, first fatality of zika in Panama

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El Nuevo Diario, Panama.- A newborn with microcephaly associated zika became the first death from the virus in Panama, reported Friday health authorities.

"There was no history that she (the mother) was sick," he acknowledged at a press conference the director of Health, Itza Barahona de Mosca.

The baby was born Thursday at a hospital in Panama City with a "severe malformation incompatible with life" had been detected a few days before.

The newborn barely survived the first four hours and analysis of umbilical cord was infected have shown that zika, although tests have been negative mother, Barahona de Mosca said.

"The fact that the child is infected it probably means that the mother was at some point during pregnancy, although it should not have symptoms because 80% of those infected are asymptomatic," he said.

The woman, according to estimates by the authorities, must have been infected in August 2015, which shows that "the virus was circulating in the country before we detect the outbreak" last December, recognized the director of the Ministry of Health .

"It was a matter of time that there was any birth affected by microcephaly or neurological disorder in our country," he admitted.

Currently, there are 134 cases of zika in Panama, among which is a pregnant whose fetus has no symptoms of microcephaly. Also, two people suffering from Guillain-Barre syndrome, with mild symptoms, according to the Panamanian ministry.

"For zika no vaccines, no medicines. The best way to avoid this is to eliminate mosquito breeding sites," Barahona de Mosca recommended.

The zika transmits the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which also transmits dengue fever and chikungunya, although in other countries there is also evidence of transmission through sex.

The Government of Panama declared a month ago a national health alert to the risk of spreading the virus, because until then it was contained in the indigenous region Guna Yala, bordering Colombia, where the first case was detected in December 2015.

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Edited March 19, 2016 by niman

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Newborn with microcephaly is first fatality of zika in Panama

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A newborn with microcephaly associated zika became the first death from the virus in Panama, said Monday authorities health.

The baby was born Thursday at a hospital in Panama City with a "severe malformation incompatiblewith life" had been detected a few days before.

The newborn barely survived the first four hours and analysis of umbilical cord was infected have shown that zika, although evidence of the mother have been negative, said the Director of Health, Barahona de Mosca.

"The fact that the child is infected means that probably the mother it was at some point during pregnancy, although it should not have symptoms, since 80% of those infected are asymptomatic , " said the official.

The woman, according to estimates by the authorities , had become infected in August 2015, which shows that "the virus was circulating in the country before we detect the outbreak" last December, recognized the director of the Ministry of Health.

"It was a matter of time that there was any birth affected by microcephaly or neurological disorder in our country , " he admitted.

Currently, there are 134 cases of zika in the country, among which is a pregnant woman whose fetus has no symptoms of microcephaly.

Also, 2 people suffering from Guillain-Barre syndrome, with mild symptoms, according to the Panamanian ministry.

http://noticiaaldia.com/2016/03/recien-nacido-con-microcefalia-es-primera-victima-mortal-del-zika-en-panama/

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Panama: Die first baby with microcephaly was decreed after the Zika virus alert

The fatal victim is a baby who was born and died Thursday.Because her mother became pregnant in August, it is estimated that the virus was present in the country before the outbreak was detected.

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Panama recorded the first death of a baby with microcephaly , whose mother tested positive for Zika , after an alert is decreed by the presence of the virus in the country, reported Friday health authorities.

The fatal victim is a baby who was born and died Thursday.

"We are saddened by this information, but unfortunately had already warned that this was a matter of time," said National Director of Health, Itza Barahona, in a press conference.

According to health authorities the baby's mother is from La Chorrera, 30 kilometers west of the Panamanian capital and had not shown symptoms of Zika virus.

 

 

However, after you had tests his umbilical cord and tested positive for the virus. 

Probably the mother became pregnant last August, indicating that "somehow the virus was already circulating in the country before the outbreak had detected"in the indigenous region of Guna Yala, Barahona said.

"This is a story that we must alert and attract attention," he added. 

On February 16 the Panamanian government declared a health alert throughout the country to combat zika , which allowed him to borrow up to 10 million dollars to fight the mosquito that transmits the disease.

The first cases were all in the indigenous region of Guna Yala , so the government declared an alert in that area of the country in December.

 

 

However, the virus has spread throughout the country.

Earlier this month, Health Minister Javier Terrientes said three pregnant women had acquired Zika. 

The zika is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and is suspected virus infection causes microcephaly, an irreversible congenital malformation in the fetus.

http://www.t13.cl/noticia/mundo/panama-muere-primer-bebe-microcefalia-luego-se-decretara-alerta-virus-zika

 

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Newborn with microcephaly is first fatality of zika in Panama

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A newborn with microcephaly associated zika became the first death from the virus in Panama, health authorities reported today.

"There was no history that she (the mother) was sick," he said at a press conference the director of Health, Itza Barahona de Mosca.

The baby was born Thursday at a hospital in Panama City with a "severe malformation incompatible with life" had been detected a few days before.

The newborn barely survived the first four hours and analysis of umbilical cord was infected have shown that zika, although tests have been negative mother, Barahona said Mosca.

"The fact that the child is infected means that the mother probably was at some point during pregnancy, although it should not have symptoms, since 80% of those infected are asymptomatic," said the official.

The woman, according to estimates by the authorities, had become infected in August 2015, which shows that "the virus was circulating in the country before we detect the outbreak" last December, recognized the director of the Ministry of Health.

"It was a matter of time that there was any birth affected by microcephaly or neurological disorder in our country," he admitted.

Currently, there are 134 cases of zika in the country, among which is a pregnant woman whose fetus has no symptoms of microcephaly.

Also, 2 people suffering from Guillain-Barre syndrome, with mild symptoms, according to the Panamanian ministry.

"For zika no vaccines, no medicines. The best way to avoid this is to eliminate mosquito breeding sites," Barahona de Mosca recommended.

The zika transmits the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also transmits dengue fever chikungunya and in other countries there is also evidence of transmission through sex.

The Government of Panama declared a month ago a national health alert to the risk of spreading the virus, because until then it was contained in the indigenous region Guna Yala, bordering Colombia, where the first case was detected in December 2015.

Virus Zika currently circulating in much of Latin and although causes mild symptoms in most infected, the great fear has to do with its likely connection with cases of microcephaly and neurological syndrome Guillain-Barre syndrome.

http://globovision.com/article/recien-nacido-con-microcefalia-es-primera-victima-mortal-del-zika-en-panama

 

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Dies first baby with microcephaly alert after zika in Panama

MARCH 19, 2016

 

Panama recorded the first death of a baby with microcephaly, whose mother tested positive for Zika, after an alert is decreed by the presence of the virus in the country, reported Friday health authorities.

The fatal victim is a baby who was born and died last Thursday.

"We are saddened by this information, but unfortunately had already warned that this was a matter of time" , said the National Director of Health, Itza Barahona, in a press conference.

According to health authorities the baby's mother is from La Chorrera, 30 kilometers west of the Panamanian capital and had not shown symptoms of Zika virus.

However, after you had tests his umbilical cord and tested positive for the virus. 

Probably the mother became pregnant last August, indicating that "somehow the virus was already circulating in the country before the outbreak had detected" in the indigenous region of Guna Yala, Barahona said.

"This is a story that we must alert and attract attention," he added. 

On February 16 the Panamanian government declared a health alert throughout the country to combat zika , which allowed him to borrow up to 10 million dollars to fight the mosquito that transmits the disease.

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The first cases were all in the indigenous region of Guna Yala , so the government declared an alert in that area of the country in December.

However, the virus has spread throughout the country.

Earlier this month, Health Minister Javier Terrientes said three pregnant women had acquired Zika. 

The zika is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and suspected virus infection causes microcephaly , an irreversible congenital malformation in the fetus.

http://www.aker.com.ve/2016/03/19/muere-primer-bebe-con-microcefalia-tras-alerta-por-zika-en-panama/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&ckattempt=1

 

Edited March 19, 2016 by niman

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Dies first baby with microcephaly in Panama after alert zika

March 18, 2016 - 8:58 pm

 

Panama recorded the first death of a baby with microcephaly, whose mother tested positive for Zika, after an alert is decreed by the presence of the virus in the country, reported Friday health authorities.

The fatal victim is a baby who was born and died Thursday.

"We are saddened by this information, but unfortunately had already warned that this was a matter of time," said National Director of Health, Itza Barahona, in a press conference.

According to health authorities the baby's mother is from La Chorrera, 30 kilometers west of the Panamanian capital and had not shown symptoms of Zika virus.

However, after you had tests his umbilical cord and tested positive for the virus.

Probably the mother became pregnant last August, indicating that "somehow the virus was already circulating in the country before the outbreak had detected" in the indigenous region of Guna Yala, Barahona said.

"This is a story that we must alert and attract attention," he added.

On February 16 the Panamanian government declared a health alert throughout the country to combat zika, which allowed him to borrow up to 10 million dollars to fight the mosquito that transmits the disease.

The first cases were all in the indigenous region of Guna Yala, so the government declared an alert in that area of the country in December.

However, the virus has spread throughout the country.

Earlier this month, Health Minister Javier Terrientes said three pregnant women had acquired Zika.

The zika is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and is suspected virus infection causes microcephaly, an irreversible congenital malformation in the fetus.

http://800noticias.com/muere-primer-bebe-con-microcefalia-en-panama-tras-alerta-por-zika

 

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PANAMA CITY, KOMPAS.com  - The medical team in Panama City, Panama which identifies a baby born with a rare brain disorder, the condition is associated with the suspect virus spread zika. As quoted by news agency AFP on Saturday (19/03/2016), if true, then this finding will be the first time this has happened outside Brazil. Based on the research in the Gorgas Memorial Institute, found traces of the virus in the umbilical cord to the baby. the baby was born on Tuesday, with the condition of head shrinking known as called microcephaly . Also found deformation of the skull called encephalocele . The baby died four hours after birth.As most people infected zika, the child's mother is also never reported any abnormalities during pregnancy. Earlier, a surge in cases of microcephaly in Brazil has prompted physicians to investigate the relationship between the birth defects with the outbreak of the virus spread zika. Although the mosquitoes that spread the virus to spread throughout Latin America, but until now has not been found in cases of microcephaly outside Brazil who tested positive for zika.

http://internasional.kompas.com/read/2016/03/19/15295321/Di.Panama.Ditemukan.Bayi.dengan.Microcephaly.Diduga.Terjangkit.Zika.

 

 

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Zika: Panama has 'first microcephaly case outside Brazil'

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Panama has registered a baby born with a brain disorder believed linked to the Zika virus, in what is thought to be the first such case outside Brazil in the current outbreak.

Traces of the mosquito-born virus were found in the baby's umbilical cord.

The baby had been born with an underdeveloped brain, a condition known as microcephaly, which health experts suspect is linked to the virus.

Brazil suspects most of its 860 cases of microcephaly are related to Zika.

The Panamanian baby's mother had not reported any symptoms of Zika during her pregnancy.

Her baby died four hours after being born.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global public health emergency over the possible connection between the mosquito-born virus and microcephaly.

The current Zika outbreak began almost a year ago in Brazil.

Microcephaly cases have been centred in north-east Brazil, but the outbreak has affected people in more than 20 countries in the Americas.

Some governments have advised women to delay getting pregnant, but before now no infants with microcephaly have tested positive for Zika outside Brazil in the current outbreak.

Some cases of the brain condition were reported in an outbreak in French Polynesia in 2013.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35850696#?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

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Panama reports Zika baby brain case

By Reuters, Citizen Digital

Published on  19 March 2016

 

 

 

Panama has registered a baby born with a brain disorder believed linked to the Zika virus, in what is thought to be the first such case outside Brazil in the current outbreak.

Traces of the mosquito-born virus were found in the baby’s umbilical cord.

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The baby had been born with an underdeveloped brain, a condition known as microcephaly, which health experts suspect is linked to the virus.

Brazil suspects most of its 860 cases of microcephaly are related to Zika.

The Panamanian baby’s mother had not reported any symptoms of Zika during her pregnancy.

Her baby died four hours after being born.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global public health emergency over the possible connection between the mosquito-born virus and microcephaly.

The current Zika outbreak began almost a year ago in Brazil.

Microcephaly cases have been centred in north-east Brazil, but the outbreak has affected people in more than 20 countries in the Americas.

Some governments have advised women to delay getting pregnant, but before now no infants with microcephaly have tested positive for Zika outside Brazil in the current outbreak.

https://citizentv.co.ke/news/panama-reports-zika-baby-brain-case-118944/

 

Some cases of the brain condition were reported in an outbreak in French Polynesia in 2013.

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Newborn with microcephaly becomes the first fatality of zika in Panama

 

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A newborn with microcephaly associated zika became the first death from the virus in Panama, reported Saturday the health authorities. "There was no history that she (the mother) was sick , " he acknowledged at a press conference director health Itza Barahona de Mosca. the baby was born Thursday at a hospital in Panama city with a "severe malformation incompatible with life" had been detected a few days before.


 

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Newborn barely survived four hours and the first analysis of umbilical cord have shown that was infected with zika, although evidence of the mother have been negative, he said Barahona de Mosca. "the fact that the child is infected means that probably the mother was at some point during pregnancy, although it should not have symptoms, since 80% of those infected are asymptomatic , " said the official. the woman according to the calculations of the authorities, it had become infected in August 2015, which shows that "the virus was circulating in the country before we detect the outbreak" last December, recognized the director of the Ministry of Health. "it was matter of time before there was any birth affected by microcephaly or neurological disorder in our country , "he admitted. at present, there are 134 cases of zika in the country, among which is a pregnant whose fetus has no symptoms of microcephaly. also, 2 people suffering from Guillain-Barre syndrome, with mild symptoms, according to the Panamanian ministry. "for zika no vaccines, no medicines. The best way to avoid this is to eliminate mosquito breeding sites , "Barahona de Mosca recommended. The zika transmits the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also transmits dengue fever chikungunya and in other countries there is also evidence of transmission through sex.

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The case is the first recorded outside Brazil and in the Northern hemisphere. 
Panama registered its first case of the birth defect microcephaly, which has links to the Zika virus, on Saturday.

The Gorgas Memorial Institute in the Central American country said they found cases of the mosquito borne Zika virus in the baby's umbilical cord and that baby was born with an underdeveloped brain and an abnormally small head which are common traits of the condition. 

The child died four hours after being born and has become the first case of the rare defect in the Northern Hemisphere.

RELATED: WHO: 'Very Real Possibility' Zika Virus Linked to Birth Defect 

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Zika a global public health organization in February over its links to microcephaly and expects to confirm that the virus causes the condition within the next four to six months.

Brazil has reported over a million cases of the Zika virus and was the only country to have recorded infants born with microcephaly who tested positive for Zika until now.

The latest outbreak of the Zika originated in northeastern Brazil towards the end of 2015. Brazilian authorities have recorded 860 cases of microcephaly.

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Panama: Doctors are Zika virus in the umbilical cord of a newborn with microcephaly

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Image captionis known with certainty that the mosquito Aedes aegypti is the main route of transmission of Zika virus, which is present in at least 24 countries and territories in the Americas.

Panama reported Saturday the first case of possibly related to the Zika virus microcephaly, as confirmed by the Ministry of Health of that country.

• What is the Zika virus, the disease that is spreading through Latin America

Microcephaly affects head size, growth and can lead to genetic disorders and neurological disorders.

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Image captionThe mother had not shown symptoms, but the newborn died four hours old. They found the virus in the umbilical cord.

It is believed that this is the first event occurred outside Brazil , where there have been about 860 cases of microcephaly that could be linked to the Zika virus, transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.

Panamanian doctors said in a press conference that they had found traces of the virus in the baby 's umbilical cord , who died four hours after birth.

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The mother of the newborn affected by microcephaly had not shown symptoms of Zika virus during pregnancy.

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Gorgas hospital specialists, in the city of Panama, considered it possible that the mother contracted the virus but never show symptoms , reason that could explain the negative test result.

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Image captionIn Brazil there have been about 860 cases of microcephaly that could be linked to the Zika virus.

"What we have found is that tested positive with the sample of cord blood, and that is baby's blood and not his mother," said the director of the institution Nestor Sosa.

Health Minister of Panama, Itza Barahona, said it was " a matter of time" for a case of a child affected by microcephaly associated with registrata zika in Panama.

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Image captionIn several Latin American countries, including Brazil, Cuba and Panama, have carried outoperations fumigation as a preventive measure.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared last February to Zika virus as aglobal health emergency, because the mosquito - borne infection has been linked to neurological diseases in newborn infants.

With this measure, the UN body intended to contain the spread of this virus that has been linked to thousands of cases of microcephaly in Brazil and keeps on alert twenty countries in Latin America.

The WHO Director Margaret Chan advised pregnant women not to travel to the countries most affected if not necessary. And if they do, they use mosquito repellent and long sleeves.

The virus is spreading rapidly and, according to WHO, this year may report up tofour million cases only in the Americas .

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Zika discover possible relationship with microcephaly in Panama

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Registered in Panama this Saturday the first case of microcephaly possibly related to zika to find virus in the umbilical cord of a newborn, as confirmed by the Ministry of Health of that country.

Panamanian doctors said in a press conference that they had found traces of the virus in the umbilical cord of the baby, who died four hours after birth.

The mother of the newborn affected by microcephaly had not shown symptoms of Zika virus during pregnancy.

Gorgas hospital specialists, in the city of Panama, considered it possible that the mother contracted the virus but never show symptoms reason that could explain the negative test result.

It is believed that this is the first event occurred outside Brazil, where there have been about 860 cases of microcephaly that could be linked to the Zika virus, transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.

Health Minister of Panama, Itza Barahona, said it was "a matter of time" for a case of a child affected by microcephaly associated with registrata zika in Panama.

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Reported the first case of microcephaly by Zika in Panama

Last Thursday, a baby born with malformation and died a few hours. When subjected to the tests tested positive for the virus, although his mother was negative

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The authorities of the Ministry of Health said the baby tested positive for the virus, but the mother had been negative. ( The Star )

Health authorities in Panama reported the first death of the newborn as a result of microcephaly caused by Zika virus. The child died last Thursday, a few hours after birth, due to the malformations that suffered.

The information was released by the Ministry of Health, who at a press conference reported that the mother of the newborn tested negative for the virus Zika, but that when they analyzed the umbilical cord blood of the baby, this was positive.

This is the first case of microcephaly by Zika reported outside Brazil. Dr. Nestor Sosa, the Gorgas Memorial Institute said the incident occurred in the maternity ward of St. Thomas Hospital, the main hospital in the Central American country.

Both the Ministry of Health and the Gorgas Institute authorities warned that contagion came from mother to child during pregnancy, although the mother never knew she was infected with the virus.

Director of Health Ministry, Itza Barahona de Mosca, reported that malformations of the baby had been found during a follow-up visit pregnancy and from that moment the patient referred to the clinic pregnancy Hospital Santo Tomas, for monitor it until the time of delivery.

According to Barahona, the mother of the deceased child had begun her pregnancy in approximately August 2015, but by that time, it had not yet been detected any cases of the virus in the metropolitan area of Panama, and also stressed that she did not have any family relationship indigenous of the region Guna Yala, which was where the first cases of Zika reported in that country.

 

Until this week, in Panama have been detected 134 cases of the virus, most of which were reported in the area of Guna Yala. Of the total cases, three have been reported in sodium-sensitive hypertension women, including one woman and gave birth, but the baby was born completely healthy.

The mother of the child who died is resident of the neighborhood La Chorrera in Panama City, and according to Dr. Sosa, she was never sick, so the expert recalled that only one in five cases of Zika patients have symptoms very similar to Dengue.

The authorities, once again, the call for communities to collaborate with the elimination of mosquito breeding sites, which generate both Zika virus, such as dengue and Chicungunya.

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In the case of Panama, registered the birth of a child with microcephaly, in which the umbilical cord blood was found Zika virus . After 4 hours after birth, the baby died. The baby's mother did not notice any symptoms of Zika fever during pregnancy.

The assumption that the virus Zika associated with microcephaly in children whose mothers were infected during pregnancy, has been put forward in January. Zika epidemic in Brazil has led to numerous cases of children born with underdeveloped cerebral hemispheres. This pathology does not allow the child to fully develop and grow with profound mental retardation. Statistics point to dysfunctional 1 of 10 pregnancies.

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But to say that communication and Zika virus microcephaly natural, yet could not: nowhere but in Brazil, there have been no brain pathology in children, associated with fever Zeke's mom during pregnancy.

microcephaly case in Panama was the first that was recorded outside of Brazil during the epidemic Zika. In connection with this, WHO is planning global activities that will help keep the virus and reduce the number of children born with brain pathology.

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The minister also said that the mother of the victim was never diagnosed with the virus, which could suffer asymptomatically as with 80% of cases.

 

 

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The newly born who died last week in Panama had "multiple malformations," including microcephaly, and his death "was not by zika" although authorities detected the virus in the umbilical cord, he said today Panamanian Health Minister Javier Terrientes.

 

"We knew coming (baby) with multiple malformations incompatible with life (...) was not a death zika" said the minister in an interview with local television, in which he said that the confirmed cases of the disease in the country they are counted today in 149.

 

Terrientes reiterated that after the death of baby exams rigor, including the zika were made, and the virus was found in the umbilical cord, as already reported last Friday in a press conference the director of Health, Itza Barahona Mosca.

 

The minister also said that the mother the victim was never diagnosed with the virus, which could suffer asymptomatically as with 80% of cases.

 

From agreement to official information, the baby was born prematurely at 31 weeks gestation, last Thursday, and barely survived four hours.

 

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Microcephaly developments

Scientists in Panama reported the country's first potentially Zika-linked microcephaly case, according to a report yesterday from Telesur, a television network based in Venezuela. The country's Gorgas Memorial Institute said the child died 4 hours after birth and had an underdeveloped brain and an abnormally small head. They said Zika virus was detected in the baby's umbilical cord.

So far the only countries that have reported Zika-linked microcephaly cases are Brazil, which has been the outbreak's epicenter, and French Polynesia, which had an outbreak in 2013 and 2014.

Meanwhile, the WHO announced that it will be part of a joint mission to Cabo Verde to manage a Zika virus outbreak there and investigate a case of suspected microcephaly, based on a request from the country's health ministry. In a Mar 18 statement, the WHO said Cabo Verde's outbreak is declining, but it reported its first microcephaly case on Mar 15. The team also includes experts from the WHO's African regional office and the Pasteur Institute in Dakar.

Of 7,490 suspected Zika cases so far, 165 are in pregnant women, including 44 who have delivered their babies with no complications or abnormalities. Some of the country's islands have had no Zika virus, and on some, no cases have been reported since the middle of February.

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