The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning pregnant women against travel to those areas; health officials in several of those countries are telling female citizens to avoid becoming pregnant, in some cases for up to two years.
A Brazilian Soldier inspects a home in Recife while canvassing the neighborhood and attempting to eradicate the Larvae of Mosquitoes linked to the virus.
Brazilian Soldiers apply insect repellant as they prepare for a cleanup operation in Sao Paulo
A technician at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Institute stores Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes to be used in research in Recife
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Alice Victoria Gomes Bezerra, a 3-month-old baby with Microcephaly, is placed in her crib by her Father, Joao Batista Bezerra, on Wednesday, January 27 in Recife, Brazil. The Neurological disorder has been linked to the Zika Virus and results in newborns with small heads and abnormal brain development. In a recent news update, the World Health Organization expects the Zika outbreak to spread to almost every country in America
A Health Ministry Employee fumigates a home in Soyapango, El Salvador, on January 27 to combat the Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes that transmit the Zika Virus.
A patient suffering from Guillain-Barre syndrome recovers in the neurology ward of the Rosales National Hospital in San Salador. Researchers are looking into a possible link between Zika and Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare disorder that causes the body's immune system to attack its nerves
Brain Scans of a 2-month-old baby with Microcephaly are displayed in Recife by Dr. Vanessa Van Der Linden, the neuro-pediatrician who first recognized and alerted authorities of the Microcephaly crisis in Brazil. The baby's mother was diagnosed with having Zika Virus during her pregnancy
Workers fumigate the streets of Recife on Tuesday,to kill the Aedes Aegypti Mosquito, which carries the Zika Virus
Luiz Felipe lives in Recife and is one of more than 4, 000 babies born in Brazil with Microcephaly since October. The drought-stricken improvised state of Pernambuco has been the hardest hit, registering 33% of recent cases.
A health worker sprays insecticide under the bleachers of Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome on January 26.
A Brazilian Soldier inspects a home in Recife while canvassing the neighborhood and attempting to eradicate the Larvae of Mosquitoes linked to the virus.
The larvae of Aedes Aegypti Moaquitoes are photographed in a lab in Cali, Colombia. Scientists are studying the Mosquitoes to control their reproduction and resistance to insecticides.
Angelica Prato, a pregnant woman infected by the Zika Virus, receives medical attention at a hospital in Cucuta, Colombia.
Brazilian Soldiers apply insect repellant as they prepare for a cleanup operation in Sao Paulo
A woman walks through fumes as Health Ministry employees fumigate an area in Soyapango, El Salvador
A graveyard in Lima, Peru, is fumigated
Young residents run away or cover their faces as a municipal worker sprays insecticide in the Imbiribeira neighborhood in Recife.
A technician at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Institute stores Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes to be used in research in Recife
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