Over 2.6Bln People Live in High-Risk Zika Contamination Zones

© AP Photo / Leo Correa, FileIn this Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 file photo, health workers get ready to spray insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmits the Zika virus, under the bleachers of the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, which will be used for the Archery competition in the 2016 summer games
In this Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 file photo, health workers get ready to spray insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmits the Zika virus, under the bleachers of the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, which will be used for the Archery competition in the 2016 summer games - Sputnik International
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At least 2.6 billion people – over a third of the planet’s inhabitants – live in parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific region exposed to the potential spread of the Zika virus, a medical journal said in study.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The study, published by the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal on Thursday, reveals that the majority of people exposed to the potential contamination live in these two regions live in five countries — India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.

Guilherme Trivellato, from the British biotec company Oxitec, releases genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, a vector for transmitting the Zika virus, in Piracicaba, Brazil, as part of an effort to kill the local Aedes population. (File) - Sputnik International
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According to the study, India tops the list of countries with most people risking to be infected by Zika with some 1.2 billion people are exposed to the virus in the country. China comes second, with 242 people living in the zones of potential contamination. In Indonesia, 197 million people risk catching Zika, while 70 million people live in high-risk zones in the Philippines and 59 million – in Thailand.

The Aedes Aegypti mosquito larvae are photographed at a laboratory of the Ministry of Health of El Salvador in San Salvador - Sputnik International
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The study explains that these people live in areas with climatic conditions favorable for mosquitoes that carry the virus.

The Zika virus is spread by the Aedes mosquito and is almost non-hazardous for adult people, but can be dangerous for pregnant women as their babies may be born with neurological disorders, including microcephaly.

The current Zika outbreak began in Brazil in the spring of 2015.

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