zika virus reaches Africa

The Zika infection strain in charge of the flare-ups in Brazil has been distinguished in Africa surprisingly, the World Health Organization says.   The WHO said it was worried that the most recent strain was spreading and was "on the doorstep of Africa".   It is as of now coursing in Cape Verde, an archipelago off the north west shoreline of Africa.   Zika has been connected to neurological issue incorporating children being conceived with little brains.   Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said: "This data will help African nations to re-assess their level of danger and adjust and expand their levels of readiness."   Insurance   She said African nations ought to bring issues to light among pregnant ladies of the complexities with the Zika infection and urge individuals to ensure themselves against mosquito nibbles and sexual transmission.   Be that as it may, she said she would not prescribe strict travel confinements to attempt to stop the spread of the illness.   There have been more than 7,000 associated cases with Zika in Cape Verde, with 180 pregnant ladies thought to have been tainted. The WHO says three infants have been conceived cerebrum harmed with microcephaly.   Until the infection was sequenced by researchers in Senegal, it was not sure if the episode in Cape Verde was brought about by the African or Asian sort, which has hit Brazil and other Latin American nations.   Tests demonstrate this is the Asian strain - the same as the one rebuked for birth anomalies in Brazil.   There have been around 1,300 affirmed instances of microcephaly - babies conceived with little brains - in Brazil, with thousands more under scrutiny.   A UK analyst said the Zika infection has been coursing at a low level in African nations for over 50 years, so a portion of the populace may as of now be invulnerable.   "It is likely that the South American, Caribbean and Polynesian populaces had no earlier resistance to the infection, so a high extent of individuals who are chomped by tainted mosquitos came down with the sickness," said Dr Anna Checkley, of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospitals.