Over 100 in US test positive for Zika virus: Report

March 19, 2016 19:27

The mosquito-borne Zika virus has infected at least 116 people, including an infant who was born with a severe brain development disorder, in the US, according to a leading American public health institute.

"During January 1, 2015February 26, 2016, a total of 116 residents of 33 US states and the District of Columbia had laboratory evidence of recent Zika virus infection based on testing performed at CDC," the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has said in its latest report.

The CDC said among those who tested positive was an infant. "Cases include one congenital infection and 115 persons who reported recent travel to areas with active Zika virus transmission or sexual contact with such a traveler."

"One case occurred in a full-term infant born with severe congenital microcephaly, whose mother had Zika virus disease in Brazil during the first trimester of pregnancy. Among the remaining 115 patients (including the infant's mother), 24 had illness onset in 2015 and 91 in 2016," the report said.

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