Pregnant Queensland woman tests positive to Zika virus after travelling overseas

ABC News 10/02/2016

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A pregnant Queensland woman has tested positive to Zika virus after returning from overseas, Queensland Health has confirmed.

The woman was diagnosed yesterday and authorities said the illness was not acquired locally.

It is the third case of Zika virus to be identified in Queensland this year.

In the latest incident, a woman was diagnosed with the disease in south-east Queensland yesterday after recently returning from overseas.

No further information will be released on the latest woman to test positive.

However, Queensland Health said it was a separate case from that of a woman who returned to the Gold Coast from El Salvador in December, who had also tested positive to Zika last week.

Zika is a mosquito-borne illness that has surged through Latin America and has been linked to birth defects in children in the region.

However, a four-year survey in Brazil suggested Zika may not be the cause of microcephaly, which results in babies being born with abnormally small heads.

A statement from Queensland Health said the Federal Government recommended that until more was known about Zika virus, women who are pregnant or those actively seeking to get pregnant should consider postponing travel to any area where Zika virus transmission is present.

Pregnant women who have recently travelled to areas affected and suffered an illness they suspect to be Zika are advised to see a doctor.

The Federal Government has compiled a full list of the relevant countries.

A vaccine for the Zika virus is still years away, US health officials have warned.

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