There is no medicine currently available in the market but work is in progress. • There are no real tell tale signs. • There are some experts who suggest that the current El Nino weather pattern may provide better conditions for expanded mosquito populations. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Zika virus an international public health emergency. The virus outbreak in some parts of the world has left many shaken, while others are waiting in dread when it will hit them.
At the moment we have no drug or vaccine to treat it. And what makes the virus much more dangerous is the fact that unlike other mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and malaria, Zika is still relatively unknown. In an exclusive with TOI Health, Pamela M. Aaltonen, associate professor and associate head of the Purdue School of Nursing, Purdue University, USA got some of our dreaded questions answered. How…
