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FIRST SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED CASE OF ZIKA IN FRANCE

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A first case of Zika spread through sexual transmission has been recorded
in France after a woman was infected when her partner returned from Brazil,
Heath Minister Marisol Touraine told AFP on Saturday. According to the
Minister, the case was detected several days ago in “a woman who is not pregnant,”
he told AFP during a visit to French Guiana.

Reports gathered that Brazil has been the hardest hit country by the
mosquito-borne virus, with 1.5 million cases of active Zika transmission. The
World Health Organization (WHO) has said that up to 46 countries have reported
some level of evidence of Zika infection and that 130 countries are home to the
Aedis aegypti mosquito which carries the virus.
In nearly all Zika cases, symptoms are mild, resembling those of flu.
However, the growing belief that Zika can also trigger microcephaly in babies
born to mothers infected while pregnant has spread international alarm.
Microcephaly is a congenital condition that causes abnormally small heads and
hampers brain development. As we speak, there is currently no cure or vaccine
against the Zika virus.
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