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Feb 28, 2016, 04:35

"Both health departments encourage residents who have questions about how their travel histories might affect their risk to consult their physicians", Gamble said.

Zika is especially concerning for pregnant women because it may cause birth defects - in particular, microcephaly.

- Two pregnancies are continuing with no reported complications. Still, she can't stop thinking about Zika and potential birth defects.

Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health for Alberta Health, Dr. Martin Lavoie says the virus isn't likely to spread in Alberta, as the virus comes from specific mosquitoes, and doesn't transfer from person to person. And one of the women gave birth to a child with severe microcephaly.

"Probably a lot of women will be infected with Zika no matter what we do, so we need to just accept that", he said.

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There is no cure for Zika virus, which is carried by mosquitoes.

The statement by the CDC is the agency's first open warning for travelers to be at a safe distance from the Games in Rio de Janeiro, which will probably see around 400,000 tourists worldwide.

And a new case study of a stillborn baby whose Brazilian mother was infected with Zika has raised suspicion that the virus may be capable of more damage than previously thought.

So far, 107 travel-related Zika infections have been diagnosed in 24 states and the District of Columbia, including the pregnant woman.

The advisory said, "The CDC Recommends that pregnant women consider not traveling to the Olympics".

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Like many in Puerto Rico, Coto doesn't have screens on her windows. Approximately one in five people infected with the virus show symptoms.

On Friday, Feb. 26, 2015, the US government said Zika infections have been confirmed in nine pregnant women in the United States. The condition is known as hydranencephaly, marked by the cranial cavity being filled with fluid rather than of brain tissue.

All nine women experienced such symptoms of Zika as fever, rash, red eyes, or joint pain.

Six of the women reported Zika symptoms during their first trimester, and their outcomes reflect expert opinion that early infection can be more devastating to the developing fetus than infection later in pregnancy. Brazil is investigating an additional 4,100 suspected cases of microcephaly.

The CDC also reported 40 locally acquired cases of the virus in US territories.

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