Puerto Rico Zika cases now include 65 pregnant women, 1 death -CDC

(Recasts, adds interview with CDC doctor) By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, April 29 (Reuters) – Health officials on Friday confirmed the first U.S. death of a patient infected with the Zika virus in Puerto Rico. Dr. Tyler Sharp of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Dengue Branch in San Juan told Reuters the patient had Zika virus disease, which included symptoms of fever, rash and body pain. Sharp said the ITP case followed the same pattern as patients with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a paralyzing neurological disorder linked to Zika infections in which the immune system attacks nerves.

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Puerto Rico Zika cases now include 65 pregnant women, 1 death -CDC