A Los Angeles County girl who had traveled to El Salvador late last year was infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, health officials confirmed. LA County health officials said Tuesday that the adolescent girl contracted the disease when she traveled to El Salvador in late November, but she has since recovered. There have been at least 22 cases of the illness affecting travelers returning to the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The infection is causing alarm because it has been linked to serious birth defects in Brazil, causing officials nationwide to warn visitors to take precautions against mosquitoes when traveling abroad to countries in the Caribbean and Latin America. Pregnant women traveling to these countries are advised to postpone their trips.
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INC News, 27/01/2016 - source: ©RTNews
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