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| Zika virus: link with two disorders expected to be confirmed within weeks | Zika virus: link with two disorders expected to be confirmed within weeks |
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| The World Health Organisation expects the suspected link between the Zika virus and two neurological disorders, microcephaly in babies and Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults, to be established within weeks, a senior official has said. | The World Health Organisation expects the suspected link between the Zika virus and two neurological disorders, microcephaly in babies and Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults, to be established within weeks, a senior official has said. |
| Related: Should we wipe mosquitoes off the face of the Earth? | |
| Marie-Paule Kieny, the WHO’s assistant director general, told a news briefing on Friday: “We have a few more weeks to be sure to demonstrate causality, but the link between Zika and Guillain-Barré is highly probable.” | Marie-Paule Kieny, the WHO’s assistant director general, told a news briefing on Friday: “We have a few more weeks to be sure to demonstrate causality, but the link between Zika and Guillain-Barré is highly probable.” |
| She said it would take at least 18 months to start clinical trials of potential vaccines on humans, adding: “Two vaccine candidates seem to be more advanced: a DNA vaccine from the US National Institutes of Health; and an inactivated product from Bharat Biotech, in India.” | |
| Kieny said 15 companies or groups have been identified as possible participants in the search for inoculations, but different types of possible vaccines – such as using live or deactivated virus, or DNA vaccines – may lead to differences in the timing on their development. | Kieny said 15 companies or groups have been identified as possible participants in the search for inoculations, but different types of possible vaccines – such as using live or deactivated virus, or DNA vaccines – may lead to differences in the timing on their development. |