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Zika virus tied to birth defects is international emergency, WHO says [1]

The World Health Organization on Monday declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus an international public health emergency due to its link to thousands of birth defects in Brazil, as the U.N.

Publication Date: 
02/02/2016
Reuters [2]
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Health [3], Vector Borne Diseases [4], WHO [5], Brazil [6], Honduras [7], Child Health [8]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/reuters
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vector-borne-diseases
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/who
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brazil
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/honduras
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health