A 67-year-old man was found infected with the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/community-spread-of-zika-in-many-states-says-niv-study-23233205" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Zika virus</a> in the Bavdhan area of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/pune-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Pune</a>, the health department said on Friday.
The man is a resident of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/maharashtra-9-year-old-boy-found-dead-in-nashik-with-arm-finger-severed-23258600" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Nashik</a> and had come to Pune on November 6.
On November 16, he came to Jahangir Hospital with fever, cough, joint pain and fatigue and was diagnosed with Zika in a private laboratory on November 18.
The patient is clinically stable and has no complications, added Health Department.
Maharashtra Health Department said, "A case of Zika virus reported in Maharashtra. A 67-year-old man patient was found in Bavdhan Pune city, he is originally from Nashik and had come to Pune on November 6, earlier on October 22 he had traveled to Surat. On November 30 NIV had confirmed that Zika virus infection in him. Currently, the patient is clinically stable and has no complications."
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An entomological survey of the Zika virus across Pune city is being done to mitigate future outbreaks.
A further investigation is been carried out.
Zika virus (ZIKV) disease (ZVD) is considered to be one of the significant public health diseases of concern post-2016 outbreak in Brazil.
Caused by a virus transmitted primarily by the Aedes mosquito, which bites during the day, symptoms of this disease include mild fever, rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, malaise, or a headache.
A mosquito-borne flavivirus had been reported to be associated with the increased incidence of microcephaly, congenital Zika syndrome, and Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Since its discovery in the Zika forest in Uganda in 1947, several outbreaks of ZVD have been reported from Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands.
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On November 16, he came to Jahangir Hospital with fever, cough, joint pain and fatigue and was diagnosed with Zika in a private laboratory on November 18

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