Australia - Pregnant women in Queensland and Victoria test positive to Zika virus from a trip overseas

[Gert van der Hoek]

[h=1] 10 February 2016[/h]

• A pregnant woman has tested positive for the mosquito-borne Zika virus in southeast Queensland.
  The woman, who was diagnosed on Tuesday, had recently returned from overseas where she contracted the virus, Queensland Health said in a short statement on Wednesday.
  
  Last week a woman and a child were diagnosed for Zika virus in Queensland's southeast, although both had contracted the virus overseas.

 

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Queensland woman caught Zika virus while visiting Tonga

February 11, 2016 8:00am
ROSE BRENNANThe Courier-Mail


A PREGNANT woman who became the third confirmed case of Zika virus in southeast Queensland this year contracted the illness in Tonga.

It is believed the Pacific ?Islander woman was in Tonga visiting family before returning to southeast Queensland.

She tested positive to the virus on Tuesday after suffering symptoms and is believed to be 28 weeks? pregnant.
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http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...k=5f8b33d7b7f7fcdee0e553a1da855a55-1455210864

 

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2nd Pregnant Australian Woman Tests Positive for Zika Virus

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY ? Feb 11, 2016, 7:28 PM ET

A pregnant woman in Australia has tested positive for the Zika virus after traveling overseas ? the second such case this week, health officials said Friday.

The woman, from Victoria state, was diagnosed with Zika after returning from a country where the mosquito-borne virus is prevalent, Victoria Health Minister Jill Hennessy said. She declined to release any other details about the case, including where the woman had traveled, citing patient privacy.

Earlier this week, a pregnant woman in Queensland state was also diagnosed with Zika after traveling abroad.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireSt...lian-woman-tests-positive-zika-virus-36876469