Fountains of infants in Brazil are being diagnosed with the devastating birth defects and medical researchers believe in life building to a mosquito borne virus so what is this mysterious virus and how do we stop it I got chilly in here for you to see that strange mosquito borne virus is sweeping through many Central and South American countries current estimates place the number of zika cases over a million and Brazil alone and in response to the outbreak the CDC has implemented two new travel
bans to an already large list for pregnant women one on the United States Virgin Islands and the other on the Dominican Republic and as for pregnant women specifically because of the epidemic started the incidences of microcephaly a devastating birth defect has skyrocketed Microsoft as a condition where a baby is born with a small head because the head is so full of those born with the condition the brain is small to meeting is underdeveloped what can cause a whole range of other health issues like
cognitive deficits seizures feeding problems vision problems and hearing loss unfortunately there's no cure for the condition only treatments for its effects microcephaly is typically seen in rates of about 2 and 10000 but according to a study published in the journal birth defects research but nearly 4,000
cases have been reported in Brazil since October that's really 26 times the normal rate for researchers strongly suspect as a birth defect is the link to the zika virus now this epidemic seems to have come out of nowhere with that carries the virus was pretty much as I can get in Brazil in the 1950s but it's the decades wore on and made its way back then last year reports of zika in Brazil started popping up it
wasn't taken too seriously since its symptoms in adults are mild just things like a fever or rash it wasn't until the rate of microcephaly shut off that the world started to take notice that the battle against think it is under way and one that Brazil is badly losing according to the health Minister and it is literally a battle 220000 numbers of the armed forces are going door-to-door to help in the current mosquito eradication efforts but it's not just Brazil has been reported in 24 regions around the world mostly in
tropical areas in countries issuing warnings something extreme for instance the government of El Salvador told women to avoid pregnancy for 2 years after the zika virus itself there's no treatment vaccine order the CDC says the best way to avoid the virus is to avoid mosquito bites now experts say that he was outbreak is unlikely to occur they believe that most cases will happen to those who travel to Brazil and other affected countries but this summer tons of people will descend on Rio de Janeiro
for the 2016 games which some experts are calling a perfect dissemination vehicle for GTA people travel to Brazil get secret from a mosquito bite they return home and get them there the zika virus could transfer to the local mosquito population which would mean that there's a potential for localized
outbreaks in other parts of the world that is just one of many viruses and diseases that mosquitoes carry find out why they're such good carriers of disease check out this video right here looks as good as actually fighting malaria with their immune responses to parasites after a mosquito sucks up it's
bloody mail a pair of traffic Matrix or barrier forms in Between the Buns lining up there with God and the blood so what do you make of this recent outbreak or precautions would you take to avoid mosquito bites tell us down in the comments below don't forget to get those like And subscribe button to keep coming back to do you say don't miss a single episode
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