This article highlights the drastic difference of the findings of recent studies on the Zika virus. It also tackles the possible reasons for the confusion and the urgency of developing clear and similar methodoligies of the studies.
Three pregnant women in the mainland United States with Zika-infected fetuses have given birth to babies with a birth defect, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC). In addition, three other pregnant women have lost their babies or terminated the pregnancy because of the damage done by the virus to the brain of the fetuses.
The case study of a premature newborn without brain and fluid filled cavities hints at zika connection.
Health official from the United States and Brazil have begun their joint efforts to study the link between the Zika virus and microcephaly.
A case study involving a British man found that Zika virus can last in semen for two months.
Brazil and a U.S. research hospital in Texas have signed an agreement to create a Zika vaccine.
The health agency also suggested that couples abstain from any form of insertive sexual contact during pregnancy
The infected person is believed to have contracted the virus from another who has a history of travel to Venezuela
The virus can infect fetus to cause microcephaly that cause babies to be born with small heads and neurological problems.
