Mapping The Spread Of Zika

At the fourth dimension of writing the World Health Organization are coming together to create upward one's heed whether to declare the Zika virus a "public wellness emergency of international concern".  You tin larn to a greater extent than nearly the Zika virus on Frontline's novel storey map, The Spread of Zika.

The map documents the spread of the Zika virus across many parts of the footing since it was start detected inwards a rhesus monkey inwards the Zika Forest on the shores of Lake Victoria, Republic of Uganda inwards 1947. The map is non solely informative nearly the spread of the affliction simply likewise nearly how medicine's agreement of the affliction has grown over the decades.

As Frontline's storey map is clear to shout for out, solely i inwards 5 people who contract the Zika virus always hold out symptoms. Most of the i inwards 5 cases that create sense symptoms hold out symptoms which are similar to a mild illustration of flu. What is most worrying wellness regime is the link betwixt Zika fever in addition to microcephaly inwards newborn babies of infected mothers. This link has non withal been established - simply is strongly believed to exist.

HealthMap, which provides interactive maps of infectious diseases, has likewise released a map of the Zika virus. The Zika Virus HealthMap is non a map of confirmed cases of the Zika virus simply plots Zika virus tidings from disparate information sources, including "online tidings aggregators, eyewitness reports, expert-curated discussions in addition to validated official reports".