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Canadian Medical Association Journal

An emerging mosquito-borne virus with outbreaks in Southeast Asia and South America is raising concern because of a spike in microcephaly in newborns in affected areas. Zika virus is also being linked to a rise in Guillain-Barré syndrome. But more data are needed before these outcomes can be definitively linked to the virus, say experts. In the meantime, Canadian physicians may see cases in patients arriving or returning from these regions.

A case of Zika virus has already been found in a traveller coming back to Canada from Thailand, said Dr. Bonnie Meatherall, an infectious disease physician with the University of Calgary, who treated the patient in early 2013.

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