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all the loved ones of the 53 sailors on board just to go washington al-jazeera to carter. 2015 the zeek a virus swept through the americas causing severe birth defects the world health organization declared it a public health emergency and the impact is still being felt the mosquito borne infection is named after the place it was 1st identified in monkeys in uganda's zico forest in 1947 it was detected in humans 5 years later the mild infections circulated sporadically in africa asia and the pacific for decades but it was the 2015 outbreak in brazil that raised major health concerns and 526000 more than 270000 had contracted the virus evidence showed could be transmitted from mother to fetus during pregnancy or birth and cause microcephaly defect where babies are born with abnormally small heads and still no vaccine for the prevention or treatment of seek a virus w.h.o. says it remains an active area of research seek a virus made it as far east as the cape verde islands off the western coast of africa before suddenly disappearing nicholas haq reports from the cape verde capital prior on

americas causing severe birth defects the world health organization declared it a public health emergency zeek a virus made it as far east as the cape verde islands off the western coast of africa before suddenly disappearing nicholas haq reports from the capital prior on the aftermath of the zico outbreak 6 years on. alice was not the child her mother expected larger was 3 months pregnant when doctors told her she was infected with zeke of iris and that her unborn daughter would suffer from lifelong disabilities realizing that alice will never have a childhood like other kids her heart sank but for years on cloud as has the disability turned out to be a blessing. she's loved by her neighbors the family and most of all by children who seem to be able to communicate with her better than i can and she wants to play with them but sometimes her disability gets in the way she has convulsions her muscles are weak she can't sit properly ellis is born with what doctors call microcephaly her brain is failing to develop fully it's a consequence of her mother being infected with physical virus through a