January 2016
Aedes aegypti larvae. Image: Fiocruz.
Zika Virus is an emerging infectious disease with potential of rapid spread to new areas where the vector Aedes mosquito is present.
The aim of this website, created by the Global Health Network with the collaboration of Fundação Oswaldo Cruz and other organizations is to provide a platform for sharing and developing research priorities, protocols, data capture systems alongside the latest epidemiology and clinical management information about Zika infection.
Read more about Zika in our blog:
Zika virus and rubella: similarities and differences.
Brazil confirms link between zika virus and microcephaly in babies
Related article in HCS-Manguinhos:
Löwy, Ilana. Representing and intervening in public health: viruses, mosquitoes and Rockefeller Foundation experts in Brazil. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Fev 1999, vol.5, no.3, p.647-677. ISSN 0104-5970
