Zika Virus and Microcephaly: Challenges for a Long-Term Agenda
Claudia Nunes Duarte Dos Santos1, Samuel Goldenberg2
1Laboratório de Virologia Molecular, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fiocruz PR, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Trends in Parasitology
|April 24, 2016
Abstract:
Since its introduction in Brazil in 2015, Zika virus (ZIKV) has begun to spread worldwide. One of the major infection outcomes is related to congenital malformations, but little is known about the pathogenicity of ZIKV. Here we discuss concerns about the ongoing ZIKV epidemic in the context of academic research, politics, and society.


