Case Study Improves Understanding of Zika Virus

“Although vaccines may come too late for countries currently affected by the Zika virus epidemic, the development of a vaccine that can, above all, protect pregnant women and their babies remains an imperative for countries where the epidemic is expected to arrive in the foreseeable future,” continued Dr. Haug and colleagues. “The goal would be to allow for medium- to long-term control of Zika virus analogous in some ways to the control of rubella. It is critical that we collaborate rather than compete to find answers to the questions that worry millions of women of childbearing age in areas where Zika virus is spreading rapidly and may become endemic.”

—Tara Haelle