Obama requests $1.8 billion to fight Zika virus.

Capa:Obama requests $1.8 billion to fight Zika virus.

Autor(es): Erickson, Britt E.


Resumo: The article discusses the urge from Obama Administration towards Congress reagrding emergency funding to fight against Zika virus. Topics discussed include use of emergency funds in the development of vaccines, diagnostics, testing and mosquito control to prevent from Zika virus, views of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid regarding the same, and transmission of virus by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the U.S.


Palavras-Chave: Zika virus, Virus diseases - Vaccination, Virus diseases - Diagnosis, Mosquito control


Imprenta: Chemical & Engineering News, v. 94, n. 7, p. 52, 2016


Descritores: Zika virus - Vaccine


Data de publicação: 2016