Conception timed with periods of low mosquito activity could reduce Zika virus infection

Thursday, July 28, 2016 - 14:31 in Health & Medicine

Women could prevent contracting the mosquito-borne Zika virus while pregnant by timing the first months of pregnancy with seasonal declines in mosquito activity. The paper is the first to suggest that women in the countries affected by the Zika virus epidemic can still safely pursue motherhood.

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