Zika cases climb to 147 in US and Puerto Rico
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Zika cases climb to 147 in US and Puerto Rico.
A total of 147 cases of Zika virus infection in the United States and Puerto Rico have been reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as at 26 February. Of these, 107 occurred in 24 US states and 40 on the island of Puerto Rico. In a teleconference briefing with reporters, the CDC’s director, Tom Frieden, said that all of the 107 cases reported within the US had been travel ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i1212