Zika Virus Linked with Man's Brain Infection, Coma
Source: yahoo news
An elderly French man who caught the Zika virus while on vacation developed a brain infection that put him in a temporary coma, according to a new report of the case.
The 81-year-old man had been healthy before he went on a cruise to the South Pacific — one of the regions where the Zika virus is spreading.
Ten days after he returned home, he was admitted to the intensive care unit in a coma. The man had a fever, and later developed a rash — both symptoms of Zika virus infection.
Brains scans showed that the man had a condition called meningoencephalitis, which is inflammation in the brain and the meninges, or the membranes surrounding the brain. A test of the man's cerebrospinal fluid was positive for Zika virus.
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this is becoming a very serious problem.
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