French Guiana added to the Zika virus list
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#Z165)
Following reports of an imported Zika virus case from Suriname last week, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reports in their latest epidemiologic map that French Guiana is the 12th country to report autochthonous, or locally acquired Zika virus infection. Including Easter Island last year, this is the 13th country to report the mosquito borne viral disease. ["]