First case of ZikaVirus in the US


Yesterday the World Health Organization declared Zika virus as a global health emergency;  zika is a relatively new disease transmitted by aedes aegypti, a common type of mosquito.

This disease is common in Brazil but United State recording it's first case today.

A student at the college of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia contacted the zika virus while traveling in Central America over winter break.

This marks the first case of the mosquito - borne disease in the State of Virginia. According to other reports seven more cases of the virus, have been diagnosed with the Texas area.

Symptoms are rash, fever, joint pain and congitivitis.

There is currently no vaccine or cure for the virus yet.  

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