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ABOUT THE COURSE
The Zika virus is suspected to be the cause of cases of microcephaly in newborns in South America, and this outbreak has now been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization. With global attention towards this disease increasing rapidly, it is becoming clear that there is limited knowledge around how the carriers, or vectors, of Zika, are best avoided and controlled.
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  • diaksidibe SIDIBE DIAKARIDIA 21 Jun 2016

    Zika is a actual threat on humanbeing, regarding the effect that it does on the faetus inuteringrowthing. So we need to understand his genetic in his earliest life in Africa comparing to which nowadays in South America then trying to understand how it became harmful in south America as we didn't notice the raise of microcephaly in Uganda.

  • x92luubmaths lubega maathias 6 Jun 2016

    zika with an origin from uganda zika foreest needs to be fought before it becomes a threat