Zika: Where Are We Now?
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 - 15:31
in Health & Medicine
It's been one year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Zika a public health emergency.The virus, transmitted through the Aedes aegypti mosquito, has since been declared to be a long-term problem rather than an emergency, but Zika continues to concern health professionals. At the Eck Institute for Global Health at the University of Notre Dame - a global leader in the study of Aedes aegypti - the vector-borne illness is one researchers hope to better understand.