Three Britons have been infected with Zika virus, a mosquito-borne illness that has been linked to brain deformities in babies.
Pregnant women have been warned not to travel to the 22 countries where the infection has been reported.
This has raised concerns about pregnant women planning to visit Rio de Janeiro for the upcoming Olympic Games in August.
In this photograph, a baby named Luiza who suffers from microcephaly has her head measured by a doctor in Pernambuco state, Brazil. Researchers believe the disorder may be linked to the Zika virus
Dejailson Arruda holds his daughter Luiza at their house in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, Brazil. Brazilian health authorities believe her condition is related to the Zika virus that infected her mother during pregnancy
A health ministry employee sprays a cemetery in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras
Zika virus, which was first discovered in Africa in the 1940s, is rapidly spreading through south America and the Caribbean.
The British travellers picked up the disease through mosquito bites while visiting Colombia, Suriname and Guyana and are all now back in the UK.
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