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New Thu 28 Jan 16 13:21 
 Zika - Armel Coussine
Wherever it comes from, this horrible virus causes microcephalus if present in the mother when the baby is in utero. Like the malaria parasite it is carried by mosquitoes.

As with malaria, an effective treatment is eliminating the vector: spraying all stagnant water with paraffin laced with insecticide, which suffocates and poisons mosquito larvae floating just under the surface.

That would do the trick over a period... but treating all the stagnant puddles in say the Congo would be a tallish order. So zika looks like being with us for some time at least. Nasty.
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