Zika virus spreads across Americas – in pictures

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January 2015

The Guardian online

The Zika virus, spread by the mosquito species Aedes aegypti, could be bigger global health threat than Ebola, say health experts as more countries across the world confirm cases. Click here to see the full photo essay.

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Homes on stilts above the dirty water in Recife. Some of the slum’s streets are flooded with sewage. Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP
Read more about Zika virus: Spread of Zika virus a challenge to Latin America abortion bans (New Scientist, 22/o1/2016) The Zika Virus Could Force Women To Have Unsafe Abortions (The Huffington Post, 26/01/2016) In HCS-Manguinhos Blog: Website about Zika Virus 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      

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