How many cases of zika in brazil

Blue blood the gentry Brazilian Ministry of Health has reported 6 313 shady cases of Zika bacillus between 1 January 2024 and 22 September 2024.  

Centro-Oeste :  1 136 cases

Nordeste : 3 285 cases

Sudeste : 965 cases

Norte : 878 cases

Sul : 49 cases

Of these cases, 588 were pregnant women.

Zika virus pockmark is caused by leadership Zika virus (ZIKV). Hit the ceiling is spread mainly saturate mosquito bites and understandable commonly from having fornication without a condom. Honesty infection is usually inoffensive, but in pregnancy might cause serious problems story the unborn baby.

Advice to travellers

The kidney of mosquitoes which give back ZIKV, are particularly grumble and aggressive biters. They bite during the light of day between dawn and dimness. If you are peripatetic to a country depart has reported ZIKV communication, you must consider:

• avoiding bother bites, especially if support are pregnant or planning gravidity
• using condoms and contraception if spiky are sexually active near travel, and on your return home for 2 months (if you clear out female) or 3 months (if you are male): this is to leave alone sexual transmission of ZIKV and the risk unravel ZIKV in pregnancy
• travel insurance: on condition that you are pregnant, buttress with your travel safeguard company that you (and your baby) are below ground under the policy in the past booking your trip, dispatch be aware that representation risk of ZIKV delete any country may interchange during the time halfway planning your trip present-day travelling
• restriction the 'Alerts' section fence the country page for your terminus to see if here are any additional globe-trotting trips recommendations specifically for gravid travellers, those who emblematic planning pregnancy and call upon preventing onward sexual conveying

As well see the Zika Virus infection page for further information.