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Photos: Latin America battles Zika virus

January 26, 2016 9:47AM ET

Across the Americas, governments advise against pregnancy and expand fumigation efforts

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A health worker fumigates against mosquitoes, which carry the Zika virus and other diseases, at El Angel cemetery, in Lima, Peru, Jan. 20, 2016. Martin Mejia / AP
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Angelica Prato, pregnant and infected with the Zika virus, is attended at a hospital in Cucuta, Colombia, Jan. 25, 2016. Zika is particularly dangerous for pregnant women, as it has been linked to smaller-than-usual brain sizes in newborns. Schneyder Mendoza / AFP / Getty Images
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Mylene Helena Ferreira cares for her son David, 5 months, who was born with microcephaly. In the last four months, Brazil has recorded close to 4,000 cases of the congenital condition. Mario Tama / Getty Images
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A health agent checks for mosquito larvae during a clean-up operation in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jan. 22, 2016. Miguel Schincariol / AFP / Getty Images
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Mosquitoes inhabit containers at a lab in Medellin, Colombia, where researchers are developing methods to combat the Zika virus. Raul Arboleda / AFP / Getty Images
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Municipal workers prepare to spray insecticide at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 26, 2016. Pilar Olivares / Reuters
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A Health Ministry employee fumigates a home in Soyapango, El Salvador, Jan. 21, 2016. Marvin Recinos / AFP / Getty Images