Zika Virus epidemic: 2015-present day

The effect of the ongoing Zika pandemic in South America and Central America won't be known for quite a while. Meanwhile, researchers face a test of skill and endurance to manage the infection. The Zika infection is generally spread through mosquitoes of the Aedes family, despite the fact that it can likewise be explicitly transmitted in people.

While Zika is typically not unsafe to grown-ups or youngsters, it can assault babies who are still in the belly and cause birth absconds. The kind of mosquitoes that convey Zika prosper best in warm, sticky atmospheres, making South America, Central America and parts of the southern United States prime zones for the infection to thrive.