Global epidemic Zeke is clearly on the decline in Brazil. As reports Agence France Presse with reference to data of the world health organization, this is probably due to the end of the summer season in the country.
“The epidemic began to decline in Brazil, said the Deputy head of the who, Marie-Paule Kieny. A similar trend was also recorded in Colombia and Cape Verde”. According to her, it is not excluded that in the future the disease returns, but may repeat and history of chikungunya fever, when the population developed immunity.
According to who, only in Brazil fever Zeke had about 1.5 million people, the disease has spread to many countries in Latin America, some cases have been recorded in Europe. There is concern that the virus may spread to the African continent.
Zika virus causes fever, conjunctivitis, headaches, joint pain, inflammation, and in some cases, – nausea and vomiting, disorders and stomach pain. Infection during pregnancy can cause the child’s microcephaly is a congenital defect, which consists in a considerable decrease in the size of the skull and is accompanied by mental retardation, neurological abnormalities, hearing and vision. Vaccine virus does not exist yet. The who February 1 of the current year admitted its spread in South and North America with emergency medical situations on an international scale.
