Zika Epidemic In Brazil

known as the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne virus that predominantly affects prenatal women and can cause microcephaly in newborns, has reared its head in Brazil” (Altman, Brian). This is a very treacherous epidemic. Countless lives have been ruined from the virus in Brazil and many other Central American countries. The Olympic games are being held in Brazil, the center of the disease, causing panic among many of the athletes. It especially hits the female athletes the hardest for the Zika virus mainly

Why is the Zika Epidemic Growing More Serious in Brazil? “The Zika police,” which is composed of 220,000 Brazilian soldiers and 46,000 health operatives, are visiting door-to-door in Brazilian towns and cities to educate people about the Zika virus by handing out pamphlets (Rogers, 2016). The Brazilian government has a commitment to eradicate the Zika virus because the Summer Olympics are held in Rio de Janeiro in this August. Ramzy (2016) reports that an estimated 1.5 million Brazilians have been

Introduction Recently the Zika Virus has been a big epidemic in various cities. In my research paper I will be focusing on the places it has been too, causing severe cases of birth defects in babies. This caused many governments to clean up their city and take precaution. For example, making sure the sewers were clean and eliminating mosquitoes. But before we get into this topic we must know what Zika is. What is Zika The Zika is an extremely rare disease; a flavivirus transmitted by mosquitos

The Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne single-stranded RNA virus. It is in the family of Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus. This virus causes a mild illness similar to dengue. The first case of ZIKV was identified in Uganda in 1947. Cases of this virus were rare until 2007 when a major epidemic happened in Yap Island, Micronesia. Now, epidemics have happened in Polynesia, Easter Island, the Cook Islands, Brazil, and New Caledonia (Ioos et al., 2014). During the first week of infection, the virus

Until recently the Zika virus had only been found in Africa, South Asia, and Polynesia, but now the virus is being found in Central and South America (Lunau, "Zika: The New Global Health Terror”). This virus has been around since 1947 but the symptoms were mild and it was located in Africa, so research was pushed to the side and the virus was forgotten about (Lunau). In Brazil, mosquitoes have infected over four million people with Zika. This virus has rapidly evolved and pregnant women who have

Recently the Zika Virus has been a big epidemic in various cities.In my research paper I will be focusing on the places it has been too, causing severe cases of birth defects in babies. This caused many governments to clean up their city and take precaution. For example, making sure the sewers were clean and eliminating mosquitoes. But before we get into this topic we must know what Zika is. What is Zika The Zika is a extremely rare disease. it is a flavivirus transmitted by mosquitos, the Genus

The Zika virus is a major, pressing virus that has not spread to America, but studies say it soon will. The Zika virus has been around since 1947, but in the past year, it has started to spread rapidly. Many people are becoming infected with the Zika virus, and women who are pregnant are giving birth to children with microcephaly (small heads). In the past six months, the Zika virus has spread from Southeast Asia and Africa to Brazil, where there was an outbreak last May. With time, dedication and

Although the Zika virus may be considered a new epidemic virus to many people in the United States Zika in fact has been a concern for Africa and Southeast Asia since the mid nineteen forties. Researchers now believe that the first strand of Zika that was traced back to a primate has now mutated into a more complex strand of virus. The newly formed outbreak of Zika started in western pacific islands and has spread to South America with high concentration of outbreaks in highly populated Brazil. The most

The Zika Pandemic and Microcephaly Introduction On February 1st, WHO announced that the zika virus has caused a global health emergency. By then, it was found in 64 countries, with Brazil bearing the highest amount of cases. While there has been speculation of it being brought into Brazil during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, this information while important to many, is rather extraneous information. The Summer 2016 Olympics is being held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. This is the first time Brazil is hosting

The Zika virus and the increase of microcephaly, a rare birth defect that results in infants being born with abnormally small heads and brains, in Brazil is stirring up a large debate on the topic of abortion. Brazil has had over 4,000 cases of microcephaly since the past fall, which is 20 times more cases than previous years. With the rise of the Zika virus, a lot of research is being executed in finding the correlation between the two, if any. Although it is not yet clear, these increases have