The patient, a seven-year-old girl from central Kampong Thom province, was admitted to Baray Santuk Referral Hospital on Monday suspected of having dengue fever. The test result confirmed on Thursday that she was positive for Zika virus, the statement said on Sunday.
Zika is a flavivirus that is transmitted predominantly by the Aedes species of mosquito (
, and congenitally from mother to child, the statement added.
Symptoms of Zika include fever, headache, rash, red eyes, and joint pain, it said, adding that most of the patients recover within two to seven days, as the “fatal rate is very low”.”However, if the virus is transmitted to pregnant women, it can lead to the death of babies in the wombs,” it said as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.
Reference :
- Clinical Evaluation & Disease | Zika Virus – (https://www.cdc.gov/zika/hc-providers/preparing-for-zika/clinicalevaluationdisease.html)
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