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On 26 May 2017 the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported three cases of Zika virus disease have been confirmed by BJ Medical College (BJMC), Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
These infections have been identified in samples collected between 10 February 2016 and 12 January 2017.
UK advice for pregnant women is to consider postponing non-essential travel to India until after the pregnancy
Since the epidemiology of ZIKV infection is continually evolving, please refer to the Health Protection Scotland ZIKV transmission table to determine the current UK risk category of any given country/territory/area:
ZIKV is most commonly spread by mosquito bites, but there is also a risk of sexual transmission. There is a link between ZIKV infection and babies being born with birth defects.
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