Autor(es)Miles, Tom

ResumoThe article reports cases of babies born with small brains, microcephaly, due to surge in mosquito-borne Zika virus in Brazil. Topics discussed are monitoring of virus spread by World Health Organization (WHO); confirmation of virus spread by Aedes aegypti mosquito in other Latin American countries including Panama, Venezuela, and Paraguay; and need for ensuring protection from mosquito bites as no medicine or vaccine is developed yet.

Palavras-ChaveMicrocephaly Crocephaly, Brazelians, Health, Zika virus infections, Aedes aegypti

ImprentaClinical Infectious Diseases, v. 62, n. 6, pi-ii, 2016

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Data de Publicação:2016