Zika virus is set to spread through Asia, WHO says

Zika virus infection is “highly likely” to continue spreading through Asia, the World Health Organization predicted this week, as evidence grows that babies infected in the womb show a constellation of abnormalities, not just microcephaly.

A six month follow-up of 11 babies born to mothers diagnosed with the Zika virus in Brazil, published in JAMA Neurology, found a range of anomalies in addition to small head circumference. Amilcar Tanuri, of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and coauthors have suggested naming the condition “congenital Zika syndrome.”1

Three …