Zika Cuba Pregnant HCW ex-Venezuela

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Zika sixth imported case in Cuba is pregnant arrival of Venezuela

The infected was in Lara state | Photo: Press Miranda

The patient is a Cuban doctor of 32 years who traveled to the island from the state Lara

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EFEMARCH 24, 2016 - 10:13 A.M.

Cuba announced its sixth imported Zika virus case diagnosed in a Cuban medical pregnant came to the island on March 15, from the state of Lara in Venezuela, as revealed in a note from the Ministry of Public Health of the Caribbean country published in the press Local. This is the first pregnant with zika of which the news in Haiti. the patient of 32 years old and resident in the province of Artemisa was admitted "for being pregnant with 19.2 weeks from an area risk of transmission , "although no symptoms of the disease, said the MINSAP. in this case" was conducted epidemiological and vector control established "and took a sample to diagnose the virus, sent to the Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri (IPK) in Havana, which confirmed the positive result on Tuesday.So far the patient "continues asymptomatic , " said the note, which reiterates the need to "fulfill all actions for reducing infestation levels mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. " with this, now totaling seven cases of Zika in Cuba, six of them imported and one native, diagnosed in a 21 - year Havana no history of foreign travel. the rest of those affected are a patient of 27 years, four Cubans (this medical, computer engineer, a nurse and a technician) professionals who returned to the island from Venezuela and a natural health of the South American country who traveled to Cuba to study for a graduate . the 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 in newborns and neurological syndrome Guillain-Barre syndrome. in recent weeks, Cuba has deployed an action plan to tackle the virus zika, dengue and chikungunya including the mobilization of 9,000 troops of the Armed Forces and 200 police to fight the mosquito that transmits these diseases by spraying in homes and workplaces.

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