Zika virus outbreak
A Health Ministry employee fumigates a home against the Aedes aegypti mosquito to prevent the spread of the Zika virus in Soyapango, El Salvador. Health authorities have issued a national alert against the mosquito.
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An Aedes aegypti mosquito is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Brazil.
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Gleyse Kelly da Silva holds her daughter, Maria Giovanna, who was born with microcephaly, outside their house in Recife, Brazil. Brazilian officials believe there’s a sharp increase in cases of microcephaly and strongly suspect the Zika virus.
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Soldiers canvass a neighborhood in Recife, Brazil, informing the public of preventive methods in an effort to eradicate the mosquitos that transmit the Zika virus.
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Estafany Perreira holds her nephew David Henrique Ferreira, 5 months, who has microcephaly, in Recife, Brazil. In the last four months, authorities have recorded close to 4,000 cases in Brazil in which the mosquito-borne Zika virus may have led to microcephaly in infants.
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Carmen Chicas Mejia, 82, covers her mouth and nose while city workers fumigate her home in San Salvador to combat the mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus.
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Health ministry employees spray to eliminate breeding sites of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito in a cemetery in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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A municipal worker gestures during an operation in Recife, Brazil, to combat mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus.
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A city worker fumigates to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus, at the San Judas Community in San Salvador.
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A city worker helps homebound Simon Jose Valentin, 94, leave his San Salvador home while it is fumigated.
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