Mapping The Zika Virus

The World Health Organization has established an emergency commission inwards reply to the explosive spread of the Zika virus inwards the Americas. The virus has forthwith affected people inwards 23 countries inwards the Americas. You tin persuasion a static map of the countries amongst active Zika virus transmission on the Centers for Disease Control in addition to Prevention website.

The Zika virus causes an illness like to dengue fever in addition to it cannot move prevented past times drugs or vaccines. The link betwixt Zika fever in addition to microcephaly inwards newborn babies of infected mothers has non withal been established - exactly is strongly believed to exist.

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

As good every bit providing an overview of the electrical flow Zika virus outbreak the map includes an overlay showing the predicted global distribution of Aedes aegypti, the musquito that spreads the virus.

Also encounter Mapping the Zika Virus - Part Two.