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Zika 'links' to new, paralyzing disease

By Agence France-Presse in Paris | China Daily | Updated: 2016-03-10 08:08

Suspected of causing brain damage in babies and a rare neurological ailment in adults, the Zika virus was linked by researchers on Tuesday to a third disorder: paralysis-causing myelitis.

French experts reported that a 15-year-old girl diagnosed on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe with acute myelitis in January had high levels of Zika in her cerebrospinal fluid, blood and urine.

"This is the first published case to offer proof of a link" between myelitis and the virus sweeping Latin America and the Caribbean, Annie Lannuzel of the University Hospital Center Pointe-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe said.

Zika 'links' to new, paralyzing disease

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