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A view of an Aedes aegypti mosquito resting on a mosquito net at a house in Yangon, Myanmar
Image: Nyein Chan Naing/dpa/picture allianceImage: Nyein Chan Naing/dpa/picture alliance

Zika virus

Zika, well known in Latin American and Caribbean countries, is known to cause birth defects such as microcephaly if pregnant women become infected. It is often transmitted by mosquitoes.