19 alarming facts about the Zika virus

It’s not just Brazil. The CDC named more than two dozen countries in its most recent travel alert, including: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela, Barbados, Curacao, the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Martin, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Cape Verde (off the coast of western Africa), American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga in the South Pacific.

Pregnant women are urged to avoid travel to these areas, and anyone who visits should protect themselves from mosquito bites.