Zika Virus

Zika Virus

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It is an RNA virus and modifies the human genome :
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-10-zika-virus-infection-human-viral.html

An exciting discovery in the University Archives at Glasgow University discovered the research papers etc of Alexander Haddow (1912-1978) who had worked as part of the team which discovered the Zika Virus:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/library/collections/medicalhumanities/zika/
and
http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_460994_en.html

Here is a recent announcement from the World Health Organisation (WHO) about Zika:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/commentaries/2017/zika-long-haul/en/