Brigid E O'Brien
Tanzania
Review Article
Zika Virus: The New Rubella Epidemic
Author(s): Kerrie K Nguyen, Brigid E O'Brien and Russell W SteeleKerrie K Nguyen, Brigid E O'Brien and Russell W Steele
The explosive epidemic of Zika virus with resultant central nervous system malformations in children born to infected mothers has now reached epidemic proportions. This disease is reminiscent of our struggle with rubella prior to the development of safe and effective vaccines in the 1960s. Both are benign infections in children and adults, but capable of affecting fetal brain development in pregnant women... View More»
