First description of 2015 Zika virus outbreak in Rio de Janiero
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
Since the recent link to severe neurological defects in infants born to mothers infected during pregnancy, Zika virus (ZIKV) has become a public health and research priority. A new study reports details from the 2015 Zika outbreak in Rio de Janeiro -- the first with a high proportion of cases confirmed by molecular diagnosis--and proposes changes to the current diagnostic criteria for ZIKV disease.