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Actualizacion mundial, abajo en el texto viene la situacion de cada pais y/o region ZIKA VIRUS (05): AMERICAS, ASIA, PACIFIC **************************************** Central America --- El Salvador (national) Guatemala (national) Nicaragua (national) Panama (Guna Yala, San Blas province) Caribbean --- Puerto Rico (national) Jamaica (national) Curacao (national) South America --- Brazil - Americana, Campinas Metro, Sao Paulo state - Vector control - Vector species - Olympic Games concerns - Microcephaly Colombia - National - Guillain-Barre syndrome Peru (national) Venezuela (national) Pacific --- Tonga (Nuku'alofa), Polynesia Asia --- Indonesia (Sumatra Island) Imported cases with no possibility of ongoing transmission --- USA - Boston, Massachusetts - New York - Texas - Virginia Canada (national) Netherlands (national) New Zealand (national) [2] Vaccines ****** [1] Cases in various countries: Americas Central America --- El Salvador (national). 30 Jan 2016. (susp.) 6310 cases; Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) 104 cases of which 54 are currently hospitalized. <http://www.laprensa.hn/mundo/924898-410/expertos-de-la-onu-llegan-a-el-salvador-por-virus-del-zika> [in Spanish] [Because of the ongoing Zika virus outbreak, the government in El Salvador has urged women not to get pregnant until 2018 to avoid having babies born with microcephaly. There is no indication of how many of the GBS cases above had been infected by Zika virus. It is possible that some of them had GBS due to other causes. - Mod.TY] Guatemala (national). 30 Jan 2016. (conf.) 37 cases in 2016; 68 in 2015; the Minister of Health considers these case numbers to be an underestimate. <http://news.yahoo.com/guatemala-confirms-105-zika-cases-says-more-likely-215538851.html> Nicaragua (national). 1 Feb 2016. (reported) 11 cases. <http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2016/02/01/nacionales/1978889-11-casos-de-virus-del-zika-en-nicaragua> [in Spanish] [This report does not indicate how many of these 11 cases are locally acquired. Clearly, some are. - Mod.TY. Panama (Guna Yala, San Blas province). 1 Feb 2016. (conf.) 50 cases. Virus thought to have been introduced through commercial traffic with Colombia. <http://laestrella.com.pa/panama/nacional/aumentan-50-casos-panama-virus-zika/23919463> [in Spanish] Caribbean --- Puerto Rico (national). 31 Jan 2016. (conf.) 19 cases. Increasing. <http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/01/zika-as-if-puerto-rico-didnt-have-enough-to-worry-about.html> Jamaica (national). 30 Jan 2016. (conf.) 1st case, a 4-year-old who recently returned from Texas (USA), but the source of the infection is unclear. <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/30/jamaica-reports-first-case-zika-virus/79563246/> Curacao (national). 21 Jan 2016. (conf.) 1st case, apparently locally acquired. <http://curacaochronicle.com/main/what-you-need-to-know-about-zika-virus/> South America --- Brazil - Americana, Campinas Metro, Sao Paulo state. 28 Jan 2016. (conf.) 1st case in the municipality, a 31-year-old pregnant woman with rash but without fever. <http://liberal.com.br/noticia/2B1BBFAC678-americana_tem_caso_suspeito_de_zika> [in Portuguese] [ProMED-mail thanks Arnaldo Gouveia Junior of the Municipal Hospital Municipal of Americana for sending in this report. - Mod.TY] - Vector control. 1 Feb 2016. The Brazil Provisional Measure published today [1 Feb 2016] in the Union Official Daily authorizes forcible entry by public agents fighting the _Aedes aegypti_ mosquito into public or private buildings that have been abandoned, or in the absence of the person who could permit entry. The document was signed by President Dilma Rousseff and by Health Minister Marcelo Castro, and grants permission to federal, state, and municipal health authorities. The measure permits the execution of actions to combat the _Aedes aegypti_ mosquito and its breeding sites. (<http://combateaedes.saude.gov.br/noticias/248-governo-federal-autoriza-entrada-em-casas-abandonadas-para-eliminacao-do-mosquito-aedes-aegypti> [in Portuguese] - Vector species. 28 Jan 2016. Brazilian experts at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation said the virus -- thought to be confined to the _Aedes aegypti_ mosquito in the tropics -- may have already crossed over to the _Culex_ mosquito, which would increase its chances of spreading around the world. <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/zika-may-spread-to-britain-after-experts-find-virus-carrying-mosquitoes-a6838436.html> [If _Culex_ spp turn out to be vectors of Zika virus, that would be a worrisome development indeed. Many steps must be completed before vector status can be established. Experimentally, the mosquitoes would have to become infected after consuming a blood meal containing a quantity of virus found in a viremic individual and subsequently transmit the virus by bite. In the field, virus would have to be found in mosquitoes captured in areas where human cases were occurring. - Mod.TY] - Olympic Games concerns. 29 Jan 2016. There is concern about Zika virus infections occurring during the Olympic Games, to be held 5-21 Aug 2016, in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes and visitors may be at risk of exposure. Some 10 000 athletes will be competing at the games with tens of thousands more staff, officials and media attending the world's biggest sporting event, apart from the hundreds of thousands of spectators and visitors in the Brazilian city. Rio de Janeiro's mayor says there is no cause for concern because "the games will be held in the cooler and drier winter months, when the mosquito population is naturally lower." The IOC's [International Olympic Committee] medical commission says, "We remain confident that there will be a safe environment for successful and enjoyable Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro." There is concern that individuals participating in or visiting Rio could become infected and further disseminate the virus when they depart. <http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/29/464861254/zika-virus-spurs-concerns-over-summer-games-in-rio> [The WHO has declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Declaring a PHEIC would be the kiss of death for Brazil's economy, killing the anticipated huge influx of foreign tourists for Carnival and the Rio Olympics, and most foreign investment. - Mod.JW It will be interesting to see if release of genetically modified mosquitoes that produce larvae that do not survive (see ProMED-mail archive no. http://promedmail.org/post/20160128.3974426), that have reduced _Aedes aegypti_ populations in a pilot field trial in Piracicaba, Sao Paulo state, will be extended to other localities, such as Rio de Janeiro in time for the Olympic Games in August. - Mod.TY] - Microcephaly. 27 Jan 2016. New figures released [Wed 27 Jan 2016] by Brazil's Health Ministry as part of a probe into the Zika virus have found fewer confirmed cases of a rare brain defect than first feared. So far, only 270 of 4180 suspected cases have been confirmed as microcephaly, with the brain damage associated with the defect ruled out in 462 cases. Researchers are still studying 3448 of the cases, which were recorded from 22 Oct [2015]. Brazilian officials still say they believe there's a sharp increase in cases of microcephaly and strongly suspect the Zika virus, which appeared in the country last year, is to blame. The rare birth defect, which also can be caused by factors such as infections, malnutrition, or drugs, means babies have unusually small heads, 32 centimeters (12.6 inches) or less in circumference, and it can cause lasting developmental problems. <http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-01-brazil-microcephaly-cases.html> [A 30 Jan 2016 report in the North Shore Journal raises questions about the relationship of Zika virus to microcephaly. It is followed by a lively discussion. Excerpts from the article follow. "Is there an outbreak of microcephaly in Brazil? That is one of the 1st questions that ought to be asked when examining the topic of the potential effects of a prenatal Zika viral infection... Data exist that suggest that the number of confirmed cases of microcephaly in Brazil will be far lower than the number of reports. In addition, the actual number of cases of microcephaly per year in Brazil prior to the arrival of the Zika viral illness is less clear than it might be. It is impossible to draw a sound conclusion that the Zika outbreak has or has not added to the number of cases of microcephaly in Brazil. The data are suggestive that the number of microcephaly cases will range, in a given 12 months, from normal to 2 or 3 times normal. It remains an issue of great concern but the hype seems to have far exceeded the threat." <http://northshorejournal.org/microcephaly-and-zika> A 31 Jan 2016 comment From Stephen Berger, Geographic Medicine, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv Israel (< Esta dirección de correo electrónico está protegida contra spambots. Usted necesita tener Javascript activado para poder verla. >'; document.write(''); document.write(addy_text73609); document.write('<\/a>'); //-->\n Esta dirección de correo electrónico está protegida contra spambots. Usted necesita tener Javascript activado para poder verla. ;) states that "Zika virus infection has been documented in sub-Saharan Africa since 1947, and numerous publications have already addressed the epidemiology of microcephaly on the continent. I would propose a simple case-control study of the seroprevalence of Zika virus( and other arthropod-borne viruses) among African microcephalics and their mothers." ProMED-mail thanks Steve Berger for this comment. In a 28 Jan 2016 article, the USA CDC Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat told reporters that proving these links would require case-control studies that compare microcephalic babies with those born around the same time and area. That type of information will provide much-needed nuance about other exposures and factors that could influence the health of these mothers and their offspring. There is evidence that Zika virus can cross the placenta and infect the fetus. The virus has been shown to be present in amniotic fluid in 2 cases, and in the tissues of a newborn who died shortly after birth. One hopes that the prospective study being done by an interdisciplinary team of medical specialists in Bahia will help to clarify the relationship of maternal Zika virus infection and transmission to the fetus. - Mod.TY] Colombia - National. 30 Jan 2016. (conf.) 20 297 cases including 2116 pregnant women; no deaths or microcephaly cases have been reported. <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/world/americas/colombia-reports-more-than-2100-pregnant-women-have-zika-virus.html> - Guillain-Barre syndrome. 28 Jan 2016. (reported) Guillain-Barre syndrome cases following Zika virus infections increased from 15 a week ago to, "In the past week we have seen a substantial increase in the number of people reported with Guillain-Barre," said health minister Alejandro Gaviria. <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/28/zika-virus-colombia-paralysis-disorder-guillain-barre> Peru (national). 29 Jan 2016. (conf.) 1st case, ex Venezuela or Colombia. <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-peru-idUSKCN0V71XA> [Because Peru has significant populations of _Aedes aegypti_ that transmit dengue viruses, imported cases bring the risk of initiating an outbreak of Zika virus. - Mod.TY] Venezuela (national). 2 Feb 2016. (reported) 4700 cases officially listed. <http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/02/02/465246295/so-how-many-zika-cases-are-there-in-venezuela-4-000-or-400-000> [Maps showing the location of the affected islands and countries in the Americas mentioned above can be accessed at <http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/images/maps/CHIK_Caribbean_Map-060214.jpg> and <http://healthmap.org/promed/p/35574>; North America at <http://healthmap.org/promed/p/106>; Central America at <http://healthmap.org/promed/p/39455>; and South America at <http://healthmap.org/promed/p/6186>. - Mod.TY] Pacific --- Tonga (Nuku'alofa), Polynesia. 30 Jan 2016. (conf.) as of 2 weeks ago, 1st case, no further cases currently. <http://matangitonga.to/2016/01/30/tonga-registers-one-case-zika-virus> [Maps of Tonga can be accessed at <http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oceans_poles/tonga.jpg> and <http://healthmap.org/promed/p/38217>. - Mod.TY] Asia --- Indonesia (Sumatra Island). 31 Jan 2016. (conf.) 1 case, locally acquired. Virus reported as "circulating for awhile." <http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/1907984/zika-virus-found-indonesia-authorities-stumble-across> Maps of Indonesia can be accessed at <http://www.ezilon.com/maps/images/asia/political-map-of-Indonesia.gif> and <http://healthmap.org/promed/p/534>. - Mod.TY] Imported cases with no possibility of ongoing transmission --- USA - Boston, Massachusetts. 28 Jan 2016. (conf.) A previously healthy man from Massachusetts was evaluated on 7 Jan 2016 for a febrile illness with rash, conjunctivitis, and arthralgia. He went to Costa Rica with 2 family members from 19-26 Dec 2015, and stayed in Nosara, in the northwestern coast of the country. The patient reported many mosquito bites. The patient noted myalgias starting 30 Dec 2015, followed by a red rash, red face, red eyes, headache, and arthralgia. He presented to the Walk-In Center on 2-3 Jan 2016 (day 4-5 of illness) where he had a low-grade fever and laboratory tests found leukopenia, lymphopenia, bandemia (19 percent), but normal platelets, basic metabolic profile, and negative malaria smears. C-reactive protein was mildly elevated: 18.7 mg/dL (normal) (report submitted by Lin H Chen, MD, Director, Travel Medicine Center, Mount Auburn Hospital Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Site Director, GeoSentinel Surveillance Network Cambridge, Massachusetts < Esta dirección de correo electrónico está protegida contra spambots. Usted necesita tener Javascript activado para poder verla. >'; document.write(''); document.write(addy_text5707); document.write('<\/a>'); //-->\n Esta dirección de correo electrónico está protegida contra spambots. Usted necesita tener Javascript activado para poder verla. ;). Reference: Chen LH, Hamer DH. Zika Virus: Rapid Spread in the Western Hemisphere. Ann Intern Med. 2016 Feb 2. doi: 10.7326/M16-0150. [Epub ahead of print] <http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2486362> [Laboratory confirmed as Zika by CDC. - ProMED] [ProMED-mail thanks Dr Chen for submitting this report. It will be of interest to clinicians who are seeing patients from countries where Zika virus is being transmitted. - Mod.TY] - New York. 28 Jan 2016. (conf.) 7 cases ex country with transmission. <http://wxxinews.org/post/zika-virus-found-monroe-county> - New Jersey. 28 Jan 2016. (conf.) 1 case ex Colombia. <http://www.nj.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2016/01/state_confirms_case_of_zika_virus_in_northern_nj.html> - Oregon. 29 Jan 2016. (reported) 3 cases ex Polynesia, of which 1 in 2014 and 2 in 2015. <http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2016/01/3_oregonian_infected_with_zika.html> - Texas. 29 Jan 2016. (conf.) 6 cases. <http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Pregnant-Women-Grow-Concerned-About-Zika-Virus-Cancel-Trips-367050111.html> [In a 2 Feb 2016 report, the Texas Department of State Health Services stated that the possibility of sexual transmission from an infected person to a non-infected person is likely in this case (1 of the 6) (<http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dallas-county-reports-first-us-case-of-zika-virus-transmission/ar-BBp261K?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp>). If confirmed, this becomes the 3rd case of sexual transmission. ProMED-mail thanks Dr Charles H Calisher for bringing this report to our attention. - Mod.TY] - Virginia. 29 Jan 2016. (conf.) 2 cases ex Central America. <https://news.virginia.edu/content/zika-virus-spreads-uva-infectious-diseases-expert-answers-key-questions> [A map of the USA showing the states mentioned above can be accessed at <http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/>. - Mod.TY] Canada (national). 30 Jan 2016. (conf.) 4 cases in provinces: British Columbia 2 cases, Alberta 1 case, Quebec 1 cases. All, ex countries with Zika virus transmission. <http://www.sakshipost.com/index.php/news/international/73173-four-canadians-test-positive-for-zika.html?psource=Home-Latest> [A map of Canada showing the provinces can be accessed at <https://canadaalive.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/canada_political_map.gif>. - Mod.TY] Netherlands (national). 29 Jan 2016. (conf.) 1 case ex Curacao. <http://curacaochronicle.com/main/zika-virus-contracted-in-curacao/> [A map showing the location of the Netherlands in Europe can be accessed at <http://healthmap.org/promed/p/104>. - Mod.TY] New Zealand (national). 28 Jan 2016. (reported) 8 cases ex Tonga and Samoa. <http://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/nine-zika-cases-reported-so-far-in-2016/ar-BBoPVGq> [A map showing the location of New Zealand in the South Pacific can be accessed at <http://healthmap.org/promed/p/164>. - Mod.TY] -- Communicated by: ProMED-mail < Esta dirección de correo electrónico está protegida contra spambots. Usted necesita tener Javascript activado para poder verla. >'; document.write(''); document.write(addy_text98165); document.write('<\/a>'); //-->\n Esta dirección de correo electrónico está protegida contra spambots. Usted necesita tener Javascript activado para poder verla. ; ****** [2] Vaccines Date: Tue 2 Feb 2016 Source: Science Magazine [edited] <http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/fears-zika-causes-brain-damage-infants-sparks-vaccine-hunt> Fears that Zika causes brain damage in infants sparks vaccine hunt ------------------------------------------------------------------ Just last summer [2015], Zika seemed too trivial for anyone to bother developing countermeasures. The mosquito-borne virus was racing through countries in the Southern Hemisphere, but, at worst, it appeared to cause a mild fever and rash. No longer: on [1 Feb 2016], the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the "extraordinary" cluster of microcephaly and other neurological complications that have now been linked to Zika a public health emergency of international concern. And vaccine makers, big and small, have begun the race to head it off. They have a good shot at success, several experts say -- cautioning that vaccine development requires years of testing. Zika [virus] first caused serious concern in May 2015 after it arrived in South America and suspicions grew that infection during pregnancy could cause brain-damaging microcephaly in babies. The link, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan stresses, is "strongly suspected though not yet scientifically proven"-- as is a potential connection to Guillain-Barre syndrome, which causes a temporary paralysis in adults. With viral spread increasing, a vaccine is now a top priority. Vaccine pioneer, Stanley Plotkin of the University of Pennsylvania, predicts "a straightforward developmental pathway" for a vaccine. He notes that Zika belongs to the flavivirus family, and vaccines exist for several of its relatives, including dengue, yellow fever, and Japanese encephalitis. "I don't see any technical issues such as the ones that obviously exist for vaccines against HIV, tuberculosis, and many other agents," says Plotkin, who consults with several vaccinemakers. Still, "there are many puzzles," says Thomas Monath, a virologist who studied Zika [virus infections] in wild monkeys in Nigeria in the 1970s and is now the chief scientific officer at NewLink Genetics in Devens, Massachusetts, whose team helped develop a promising Ebola vaccine. For Zika [virus], one unknown is whether infection leads to lifelong protection -- a key feature of diseases for which vaccines are most effective, such as yellow fever. Another question is whether natural or vaccine-induced immunity against other related viruses -- particularly yellow fever -- could offer a measure of "cross protection," which might confuse efforts to evaluate Zika vaccines. Nor have researchers yet established a much-needed monkey model to enable comparisons of candidate vaccines. Approaches have proliferated. Monath, who has developed vaccines against several flaviviruses, says NewLink will pursue a traditional strategy that inactivates, or kills, the virus with a chemical so it cannot replicate in the body. He thinks an inactivated vaccine has the best chance of winning regulatory approval for a product that pregnant women might use. At the nonprofit Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil, immunologist and director Jorge Kalil is betting that a weakened, live vaccine can be safe and potentially more effective than killed virus. His team plans to exploit a technology that researchers at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) used to make a dengue vaccine, which Butantan licensed and is now testing in an efficacy trial. To weaken that virus, researchers deleted genes so it can copy itself but not cause disease. "Perhaps we can attenuate the Zika virus by using the same deletions of the same sites," Kalil says, noting that Butantan likely would partner with NIAID to develop its vaccine. The Brazilian institute has a key advantage: Unlike almost every other institution in the world that does vaccine research, it has an industrial-scale manufacturing plant--last year the institute cranked out 40 million doses of influenza vaccine--so it might be able to supply enough product for Brazil without needing help from big pharma. NIAID Director Anthony Fauci says his institute has a "head start" with a different technology it used to make an experimental vaccine for West Nile, another flavivirus. The manufacturing process begins with a circular "plasmid" of DNA that holds key viral genes. When it is inserted into bacterial cells, they produce "virus-like particles" that can serve as an inactivated vaccine, because they cannot copy themselves. (The West Nile vaccine worked well in early human studies, but NIAID could not find a commercial partner to take it forward). Inovio Pharmaceuticals of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, boasts it already has an experimental Zika [virus] vaccine containing nothing more than a plasmid made of Zika genes. With the help of an electrical zap on the skin, the plasmid goes directly into human cells, which make Zika proteins that stimulate the immune system. CEO Jerome Kim says his team already has begun tests in mice. But although researchers can quickly make such simple DNA vaccines, they have lost their luster over the past 20 years because they have not triggered strong immune responses against other diseases. "There are people very knowledgeable in the field who have lost faith in this technology," Kim concedes. "I want to prove to the field that this technology is viable and perhaps the best option for these types of outbreaks." The small Jenner Institute in Oxford, UK, is putting the Zika surface protein into harmless chimpanzee adenoviruses, which serve as a "vector" -- an approach similar to one used in GSK's [GlaxoSmithKline] Ebola vaccine, which was tested during the West African epidemic. Vaccine makers Protein Sciences of Meriden, Connecticut, and Hawaii Biotech of Honolulu -- which both specialize in producing viral proteins in insect cell lines -- also have projects underway. Predicting when a vaccine will come to market is a mug's game, but NIAID's Fauci thinks animal studies could be completed in a few months and small human studies to evaluate safety and immune responses could begin by the end of 2016. Even if a promising candidate surfaces, large-scale efficacy trials are probably years away, he says. Getting a vaccine approved and supplying millions of doses could take the resources of a major manufacturer. Of the 4 big pharma companies that make vaccines, only Sanofi Pasteur of Lyon, France -- makers of 3 flavivirus vaccines -- has launched a Zika program, though the others say they are watching the field closely. As a stopgap measure, Kalil says Butantan hopes to produce a protective serum for pregnant women, which the institute already makes for several diseases, by injecting Zika virus into horses and harvesting the antibodies the animals make. "This would take a little over a year," Kalil says. "That's the best timeline -- if you're very, very optimistic." [Byline: Jon Cohen] -- Communicated by: ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall [The progress that these vaccines make will be watched with considerable interest. Even assuming no adverse reactions to a vaccine in phase 1 trials, proof of efficacy in phase 2 and 3 will require considerable time. The cost of development will be substantial. - Mod.TY] [See Also: Zika virus (04): WHO declares worldwide PHEIC http://promedmail.org/post/20160201.3985366 Zika virus (03): Americas, Asia http://promedmail.org/post/20160128.3974426 Zika virus (02): Americas http://promedmail.org/post/20160111.3925377 Zika virus - Americas http://promedmail.org/post/20160108.3921447 2015 ---- Zika virus - Americas (05) http://promedmail.org/post/20151231.3902686 Zika virus - Americas, Atlantic Ocean http://promedmail.org/post/20151223.3886435 Zika virus - Netherlands ex Suriname http://promedmail.org/post/20151213.3858300 Zika virus - Americas (04) http://promedmail.org/post/20151211.3855107 Zika virus - Americas (03) http://promedmail.org/post/20151205.3842908 Zika virus - Americas (02) http://promedmail.org/post/20151127.3824009 Zika virus - Colombia (08) http://promedmail.org/post/20151121.3808431 Zika virus - Colombia (07) http://promedmail.org/post/20151120.3807205 Zika virus - Colombia (06) http://promedmail.org/post/20151113.3788787 Zika virus - Colombia (05) http://promedmail.org/post/20151110.3781280 Zika virus - Colombia (04): (AT) susp http://promedmail.org/post/20151108.3775023 Zika virus - Colombia (03) http://promedmail.org/post/20151102.3760111 Zika virus - Colombia (02) http://promedmail.org/post/20151030.3756619 Zika virus - Colombia http://promedmail.org/post/20151018.3723954 Zika virus - Brazil (08) http://promedmail.org/post/20150716.3513770 Zika virus - Brazil (07) http://promedmail.org/post/20150630.3473420 Zika virus - Brazil (06): (BA) http://promedmail.org/post/20150619.3449500 Zika virus - Brazil (05) http://promedmail.org/post/20150612.3431148 Zika virus - Americas: PAHO alert, country alerts, Brazil update http://promedmail.org/post/20150609.3422423 Zika virus: possible sexual transmission http://promedmail.org/post/20150516.3367156 Undiagnosed illness - Brazil (02): Zika virus conf http://promedmail.org/post/20150515.3364149 Undiagnosed illness - Brazil: (Northeast, RJ) Zika virus susp, RFI http://promedmail.org/post/20150501.3334749 Zika virus - Pacific: Vanuatu http://promedmail.org/post/20150501.3334549]

