Zika Virus: Looking Deeper Into Zika's Effects; Discovery Of Cure Underway?

Like other deadly diseases such as Dengue, Malaria, Zika is transmitted through a mosquito's bite and can really endanger the life of a baby inside the womb of an infected mother.

It can also be remembered that it even shook the 2014 World Cup at Brazil when the virus came a year before that event. It made the public, especially the participating athletes around the world very cautious and concerned with this matter. No wonder people around the world have been alarmed with the continuous viral activity of the Zika Virus, which started in Brazil and has been an international concern for quite a long time already.

With all the advancement in the medical industry people, finding a way to combat the Zika virus still hasn't been clear. In fact, one of the latest countries in the Southeast Asia to have been reported having Zika cases is Vietnam. What have the scientists achieved so far in their experiments and studies related to knowing more of the virus and its possible cure?

As for the scientists from Paris, France, they haven't still seen a clear picture as to how this Zika will be stopped. Epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove has described their studies regarding Zika as tedious because of the complexities they have to undergo like using methods that suit every different steps of their study.

She feared that in the days to come, there may be more questions to answer because of that, thus making the study longer than anyone can really expect. At the same article of PBS where such statement of Dr Van Kerkhove was featured, a study of a group was detailed. It came out that 46 percent out of 125 pregnant and Zika-infected women from Brazil who they tested with had problems with miscarriages and birth defects.

It is still not Brazil alone who has been suffering with this issue. New York City has same problems with the virus. And now, four infants were reported to have been infected with Zika. The official statement of NYC Health Department said that the said babies acquired Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome in which it has the inclusions of abnormalities in the brain and eyes, and the most common symptom for Zika, the Microcephaly. Along with this, NYC Health Commissioner Dr Mary Basset expressed her alarm regarding Zika's threat to pregnant women and the negative affects the virus give to the infants.