The Devastating Zika Virus Explained
Zika virus is affecting hundreds of thousands of people across South America but what is this devastating virus? Why Are Mosquitoes So Good at Carrying Disease?▻▻▻▻ http://bit.ly/1PJewJ8...
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Thousands of infants in Brazil are being diagnosed with a devastating birth defect and medical researchers believe it might be linked to a mosquito borne virus. So, what is this mysterious virus and how do we stop it? Zika, a strange mosquito borne virus, is sweeping through many Central and South American countries. Current estimates place the number of Zika cases at over a million in Brazil alone. And in response to the outbreak the CDC has implemented two new travel bans, to an already large list, for pregnant women, one on the United States Virgin Islands and the other on the Dominican Republic. The ban is for pregnant women specifically because since the epidemic started, the incidences of microcephaly, a devastating birth defect, have skyrocketed....
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Thousands of infants in Brazil are being diagnosed with a devastating birth defect and medical researchers believe it might be linked to a mosquito borne virus. So, what is this mysterious virus and how do we stop it? Zika, a strange mosquito borne virus, is sweeping through many Central and South American countries. Current estimates place the number of Zika cases at over a million in Brazil alone. And in response to the outbreak the CDC has implemented two new travel bans, to an already large list, for pregnant women, one on the United States Virgin Islands and the other on the Dominican Republic. The ban is for pregnant women specifically because since the epidemic started, the incidences of microcephaly, a devastating birth defect, have skyrocketed....
