Zika virus and health systems in Brazil: From unknown to a menace

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - 16:00 in Health & Medicine

A new article examines the Zika Virus epidemic in Brazil and the Americas. On February 1, 2016, a World Health Organization (WHO) emergency committee declared clusters of birth defects suspected of being linked to an epidemic of Zika virus in the Americas as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). 

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