Zika Virus Health Information Resources
Discovered in the Zika Forest of Uganda in 1947 by a Scottish Researcher Alexander Haddow, the virus received almost no attention until a mutated strain appeared on Yap Island in Micronesia in 2007. The 2015 outbreak in South America gained attention because of the possible connection to the birth defect microcephaly. (1)
The USHHS Disaster Information Management Research Center produced Zika Virus Health Information Resources, a guide to critical web resources including
- Fact sheet
- Q&A
- Briefing Notes
- Free full text article from the NEJM: Zika Virus in the Americas — Yet Another Arbovirus Threat
