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 Island city-state Singapore reported its first locally infected Zika
patient on Aug. 27 and since then, the number of reported infections
has risen to 333.
While most people experience mild symptoms, Zika infections in
pregnant women can cause microcephaly, a severe birth defect in
which the head and brain are undersized. In adults, it can cause a
rare neurological syndrome called Guillain-Barre.
(Reporting by Aradhana Aravindan and Saeed Azhar; Editing by Nick
Macfie)
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