In:
HPHR Journal, Boston Congress of Public Health, , No. 10 ( 2016-10)
Abstract:
Brazil’s Zika problem is inconveniently not ending. The outbreak that began in the country’s northeast has reached Rio de Janeiro, where it is flourishing. Clinical studies are also mounting that Zika infection is associated not just with pediatric microcephaly and brain damage, but also adult conditions such as Guillain-Barré syndrome1 and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, which are debilitating and sometimes fatal.2 Simply put, Zika infection is more dangerous, and Brazil’s outbreak more extensive, than scientists reckoned a short time ago. Which leads to a bitter truth: the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games must be postponed, moved, or both, as a precautionary concession. There are five reasons.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Boston Congress of Public Health
Publication Date:
2016
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