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Doctors fear Zika might have occurred in Nigeria
AUTHORBukola Adebayo
February 10, 2016
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Speaking at a stakeholder?s forum on Lassa fever in Lagos, a professor of Medical Virology, Sunday Omilabu, noted that many undiagnosed cases of Zika fever might have occurred in the country.
According to Omilabu, many Nigerian babies have been born with mircocephaly, a neurological condition, which scientists have linked to Zika infection.
He stated that there were no confirmed cases yet because physicians did not investigate what conditions led to babies born being with microcephaly (abnormal heads) in the past in the country.
Corroborating Omilabu?s views, the Chief Physician, Mainland Infectious Diseases Hospital, Yaba, Dr. Abimbola Bowale, said Nigerians should be least surprised that Zika, a mosquito-borne virus, could have been transmitted before now.
?Mosquitoes are thriving in Nigeria and Zika virus is transmitted by a species of mosquito, the Aede, which was first discovered in Africa in the 40s. Also, we see many babies being born with abnormally small heads now and then, which many dismiss as a congenital problem.
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http://www.punchng.com/doctors-fear-zika-might-have-occurred-in-nigeria/
AUTHORBukola Adebayo
February 10, 2016
...
Speaking at a stakeholder?s forum on Lassa fever in Lagos, a professor of Medical Virology, Sunday Omilabu, noted that many undiagnosed cases of Zika fever might have occurred in the country.
According to Omilabu, many Nigerian babies have been born with mircocephaly, a neurological condition, which scientists have linked to Zika infection.
He stated that there were no confirmed cases yet because physicians did not investigate what conditions led to babies born being with microcephaly (abnormal heads) in the past in the country.
Corroborating Omilabu?s views, the Chief Physician, Mainland Infectious Diseases Hospital, Yaba, Dr. Abimbola Bowale, said Nigerians should be least surprised that Zika, a mosquito-borne virus, could have been transmitted before now.
?Mosquitoes are thriving in Nigeria and Zika virus is transmitted by a species of mosquito, the Aede, which was first discovered in Africa in the 40s. Also, we see many babies being born with abnormally small heads now and then, which many dismiss as a congenital problem.
...
http://www.punchng.com/doctors-fear-zika-might-have-occurred-in-nigeria/