Mosquito-borne virus spreads from Brazil along with warnings

Jan. 25, 2016

Q: The Zika virus has infected more than 1 million people in Brazil and has been linked in the past four months to nearly 4,000 cases of microcephaly, a birth defect which causes abnormally small heads in newborns. Where is Brazil?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is now warning pregnant women to avoid traveling to Brazil and at least 21 other places where Zika has been spread by mosquitoes. The list includes the second most populated country in Latin America . . .

A. Argentina

B. Belize

C. Chile

D. Mexico

Q: Four nations have warned women not to become pregnant until more is known about Zika. El Salvador issued the most extreme warning, asking women not to become pregnant until 2018. El Salvador is in . . .

A. North America

B. Central America

C. South America

Q: The call to delay pregnancy appears to conflict with the Roman Catholic Church, which is the majority religion in the region. A church spokesman talked about the issue in El Salvador's capital city . . .

A. Managua

B. San Jose

C. San Salvador

D. Tegucigalpa

Q: Women have also been warned against travel to what U.S. territory in the Caribbean?

A. Puerto Rico

B. Jamaica

C. Guam

D. Antigua

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