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Zika virus detected in seven B.C. residents, including two pregnant women
PAMELA FAYERMAN
Published on: April 18, 2016 | Last Updated: April 18, 2016 10:00 PM PDT
Seven B.C. residents have tested positive for the Zika virus, including two pregnant women whose fetuses are now being closely monitored at the BC Women?s Hospital Reproductive Infectious Diseases Clinic.
Since testing began in B.C. last November, 635 Zika virus tests have been conducted. But only in the last few days has the most dreaded scenario occurred: positive tests in pregnant women whose fetuses may develop birth defects.
Each of the seven cases involved travellers who returned from these Caribbean, Central and South America places: Colombia, El Salvador, Haiti, Dominica and St. Martin.
Five of the B.C. residents who have tested positive are women. None of the British Columbians who have been infected have been ill enough to be hospitalized. Indeed, in up to 80 per cent of infections, there are few symptoms.
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PAMELA FAYERMAN
Published on: April 18, 2016 | Last Updated: April 18, 2016 10:00 PM PDT
Seven B.C. residents have tested positive for the Zika virus, including two pregnant women whose fetuses are now being closely monitored at the BC Women?s Hospital Reproductive Infectious Diseases Clinic.
Since testing began in B.C. last November, 635 Zika virus tests have been conducted. But only in the last few days has the most dreaded scenario occurred: positive tests in pregnant women whose fetuses may develop birth defects.
Each of the seven cases involved travellers who returned from these Caribbean, Central and South America places: Colombia, El Salvador, Haiti, Dominica and St. Martin.
Five of the B.C. residents who have tested positive are women. None of the British Columbians who have been infected have been ill enough to be hospitalized. Indeed, in up to 80 per cent of infections, there are few symptoms.
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