Teenager near Tokyo found to have Zika virus after return from Brazil

A state health worker shows off a test tube with mosquito larvae during a fumigation as part of preventive measures against the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases in MeridaA male teenager near Tokyo was found to have been infected with Zika virus after a visit to Brazil, Japan&;s first case of the infection since the virus started spreading widely in Latin America last year, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. The man stayed in Brazil for 12 days through Feb. 20 and ran a fever on his last day. "Japan at the moment is not in a season when mosquitoes are active.

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