http://www.bbc.com/news/health-35399403
It is causing Microcephaly in babies. In Brazil there are 4000 cases since October and there are now travel warnings that pregnant women should not travel there for a Olympics. It only cause minor symptoms in adults.
It is spreading to other S. American and Carribean countries with some even recommending deferring having Children.
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Global threat
Prof Laura Rodrigues, a fellow of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said some data suggested that up to one-in-fifty babies had birth defects in one of the worst hit areas - Pernambuco state in Brazil.
She said: "Until November we knew nothing, this has caught us by surprise and we're trying to learn as fast as we can.
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