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Full Coverage: Zika virus outbreak

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Zika is a virus transmitted primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito, a species that also spreads dengue and yellow fever. Declaring a threat of “alarming proportions,” the head of the World Health Organization warned Jan. 28 that the Zika virus is “spreading explosively” across the Americas and could infect as many as 4 million people.

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