Zika virus and microcephaly – more questions than answers?

Zika virus and microcephaly – more questions than answers?

Currently there are more questions than answers about the Zika virus epidemic and microcephaly. The declaration by the World Health Organization that this is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern should help to expedite research. There are many unknowns around quantifying individual ris...

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Veröffentlicht in:BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2016-07, Vol.123 (8), p.1264-1264
Hauptverfasser: Burke, RM, Candfield, S, Gothard, P
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Disease transmission
Medical research
Microcephaly
Zika virus
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Zusammenfassung:Currently there are more questions than answers about the Zika virus epidemic and microcephaly. The declaration by the World Health Organization that this is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern should help to expedite research. There are many unknowns around quantifying individual risk. Prospective epidemiological studies of at-risk women and their children are being established in Brazil, and may provide us with much needed information about the natural history of this virus and its sequelae.
ISSN:1470-0328
1471-0528
DOI:10.1111/1471-0528.14073