PARIS: The Zika virus, already linked to brain damage in babies, can also cause a serious brain infection in adult victims, French researchers warned on Thursday.

The Zika virus was found in the spinal fluid of an 81-year-old man who was admitted in January to a hospital near Paris shortly after returning from a month-long cruise.

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