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Cayman Islands confirms fourth case of Zika

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  1. Paraguay is the latest country to report microcephaly with two cases associated with laboratory confirmed Zika virus infection.
  2. In Spain, the first baby with microcephaly linked with in-utero Zika infection was born.
  3. As of 27 July, 15 countries and territories worldwide have reported an increased incidence of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and/or laboratory confirmation of a Zika virus infection among GBS cases.
  4. The overall risk of sexual transmission of Zika virus is considered to be low, but a small number of cases continue to be reported. Since 2015, at least 31 cases of possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus has been reported.

Published August 3, 2016

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