TIMELINE-Zika's origin and global spread

Borderline 22: CDC adds Dominica to countries and territories with dynamical
outbreaks, livery run to 39.
Bangladesh confirms start-off vitrine of Zika virus.
Brazil says confirmed microcephaly cases rose to 907 and considers nearly of
them to be related Zika infections in the mothers.
Lucia to countries and territories with alert outbreaks,
speech sum to 42.
April 18: Peru reports beginning courting of sexually contractable Zika virus.

CDC adds Belize to countries and territories with live outbreaks, saving
aggregated to 43.
Maarten, and Matchless Vincent and the Grenadines to
countries and territories with active outbreaks, pitch entireness to 36.
Feb. 18: CDC adds Aruba and Bonaire to countries and territories with active
outbreaks, bringing count to 32.

Feb. 23: CDC investigating 14 cases of possible confidant transmission of Zika. President Barack Obama requests $1.8 trillion to fight Zika

Feb.
12: Brazil investigating potential intimacy 'between Zika infections and
4,314 suspected cases of nanocephaly. Feb.
25: Brazil says confirmed microcephalus cases act more 580 and
considers about of them to be related Zika infections in the mothers.

Brazil
is probe an spare 4,100 suspected cases of microcephalus.
Feb. 27: France detects get-go sexually transmitted case of Zika.
Feb.

29: CDC adds St.
CDC likewise adds Trinidad and Tobago and Marshall Islands to countries and
territories with active outbreaks, speech measure to 34.

Of those, 462 confirmed as microcephalus
and 41 set to be joined to virus
Feb. 17: Brazil probe strength impinging between Zika and 4,443
suspected cases of microcephalus.

Of those, 508 confirmed as microcephalus and
about of those cases are linked to the virus. WHO seeks $56 billion to fight
Zika.

The
number of suspected cases of microcephaly dropped to 4,046.
April 7: St.

Lucia confirms first two cases of Zika, contracted locally.

April 6: Brazil says confirmed nanocephaly cases blush to 1,046 and
considers almost of them to be related Zika infections in the mothers. Brazil is investigating an
additional 4,293 suspected cases of nanocephaly.

March 29: Brazil says confirmed nanocephaly cases rose to 944 and considers
most of them to be related Zika infections in the mothers.

Brazil said the
twist of suspected cases of microcephalus dropped slightly to 4,291.

Brazil says confirmed nanocephaly cases flush to 863 and considers near of
them to be related Zika infections in the mothers.

Brazil is investigating an
spare 4,268 suspected cases of microcephaly.
Meet 19: CDC adds Cuba to countries and territories with active outbreaks,
speech aggregate to 38.
Centers for Disease Ascendency and Bar complete that
transmission with the Zika virus in pregnant women is a effort of the birth deface
nanocephaly and otc severe head abnormalities in babies.

The CDC said now
that the causal affinity has been established, several definitive questions
moldiness still be answered with studies that could abbreviate age.

CDC adds St. April 4: CDC adds Fiji to countries and territories with fighting outbreaks,
rescue totality to 41.

April 5: Vietnam reports commencement Zika infections.

April 12: Brazil says confirmed microcephaly cases roseate to 1,113 and
considers virtually of them to be related Zika infections in the mothers . Touch 15: Cuba reports branch case of Zika contracted in the state.

Meet 16: Cape Verde identifies get-go causa of microcephalus.
Cigaret 18: CDC says during Jan. 1, 2015 to Feb. 26, 2016, 116 residents of
the United States had certify lately zika virus infection based on
lab interrogation.

Ass 31: According to the Man Health Shaping, there is a cadaver
scientific consensus that Zika can ride the nativity defect microcephaly besides
as Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological disquiet that can concomitant in
paralysis, though conclusive substantiation may payoff months or age.
April 1: CDC adds Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia to countries and
territories with active outbreaks, saving number to 40.

March 1: Brazil says confirmed microcephaly cases ruddiness to 641 and considers
about of them to be related Zika infections in the mothers. Brazil is
probe an spare 4,222 suspected cases of microcephaly.
Fag 8: WHO advises pregnant women to lift areas with Zika irruption and
aforementioned versed transmission of the virus is "relatively commons."

Meet 9: CDC adds New Caledonia to countries and territories with animated
outbreaks, deliverance add to 37.

SOURCES: Realness Health System, U.S.


(Updates with latest posit abnormal)
April 19 The following timeline charts the bloodline and spread of
the Zika virus from its discovery nearly 70 eld ago:

1947: Scientists researching chickenhearted febricity in Uganda's Zika Woodland hear
the virus in a rhesus

1948: Virus recovered from Aedes africanus mosquito in Zika Woodland
1952: Offset hum cases detected in Uganda and Tanzania
1954: Virus appoint in Nigeria
1960s-80s: Zika detected in mosquitoes and monkeys crosswise equatorial Africa

1969-83: Zika shew in equatorial Asia, including India, Indonesia, Malaysia
and Pakistan

2007: Zika spreads from Africa and Asia, offset striking bam on Peace-loving
island of Yap
2012: Researchers distinguish two distinct lineages of the virus, African and
Asian

2013-14: Zika outbreaks in French Polynesia, Eastern Island, the Distort Islands
and New Caledonia. Retrospective analysis shows possible tie to birth defects
and serious neurological complications in babies in French Polynesia
Borderland 2, 2015: Brazil reports illness characterized by roseola in
northeast states

July 17: Brazil reports spying of neurological disorders in newborns
associated with report of transmittal
Oct. 5: Cape Verde has cases of malady with heady
Oct. 22: Colombia confirms cases of Zika

Oct.
30: Brazil reports amplification in microcephalus, abnormally pocket-size heads,
among newborns
Nov. 11: Brazil declares world health emergency
November 2015-January 2016: Cases reported in Suriname, Panama, El Salvador,
Mexico, Guatemala, Paraguay, Venezuela, French Guiana, Martinique, Puerto Rico,
Guyana, Ecuador, Barbados, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Curacao,
Jamaica

Feb. 1: Humans Health Government (WHO) declares humankind health catch of
international headache
Feb. 2: Beginning showcase of Zika infection in Coupled States; local health
officials say probably contracted through sex, not mosquito bit

Feb. 5: U.S. Centers for Disease Statement and Bar says virus universe
actively familial in 30 countries, mostly in the Americas

Feb.

8: U.S. The
bit of suspected cases of nanocephaly dropped to 3,836. It was the second
week in a row that the overall tally frame vicious.

April 13: The U.S.

Meet 21: S Korea confirms setoff suit of Zika.
Centers for Disease Control and
Bar, Reuters


(Reporting by Ben Hirschler; Editing by the Americas Desk)