On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization declared that the cluster of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders constitute public health emergency of international concern. [2] Furthermore, few studies demonstrated that there was an increased evidence of causal relationship of Zika virus (ZIKAV) infection and microcephaly, birth abnormalities and neurological disorders such as Guillain–Barre syndrome.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/zika-virus-infection-transmission-associated-neurological-disorders-and-birth
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Zika_virus_infection.pdf
[3] https://ac.els-cdn.com/S2221169116306906/1-s2.0-S2221169116306906-main.pdf?_tid=aa2f4194-3330-40c1-84f8-855897d81cb1&acdnat=1539066831_fbb707663ce5eddb159288d50e3779a0
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/yitades-gebre
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nikkiah-forbes
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/teshome-gebre
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/asian-pacific-journal-tropical-biomedicine
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/zika-virus
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/infectious-diseases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/neurology
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects