Tag: Mosquito-borne virus
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14th Zika virus infection in South Korea
South Korea has confirmed another case of the Zika virus infection, raising the number of people infected with the virus here to 14, health authorities said Saturday. A 34-year-old man was confirmed to have been infected with the mosquito-borne virus on Friday, Yonhap news agency reported. He is presumed to have been bitten by a …
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September 24, 2016 -
2.6 billion people in Zika risk areas in Africa, Asia
At least 2.6 billion people, over a third of the global population, live in parts of Africa, Asia and the Pacific where Zika could gain a new foothold, researchers warned, with 1.2 billion at risk in India alone. These are people who reside in as-yet unaffected parts of the world with the right climate and …
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September 2, 2016