VIDEO: Zika Virus Could Turn Into an ‘Explosive Pandemic’
Circumstantial evidence points to Zika as the cause of a spike in babies born with brain damage and shrunken heads, known as microcephaly. It could take a decade to develop a vaccine.Women across Central and South America are being warned of a threat that could lead to an “explosive pandemic”: the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
As this AJ Plus video explains, circumstantial evidence points to Zika as the cause of a spike in babies born with brain damage and shrunken heads, known as microcephaly. It may take a decade to develop a vaccine.
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