Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has published a summary of evidence and recommendations in response to the outbreak of the Zika virus, focused on the risks for pregnant women. The report is provided free-of-charge as a public service in the current crisis.
Zika virus has been connected to a more than 20-fold surge in reports of microcephaly – a neurological birth defect – in over 23 countries. However, until the recent emergency - and the media and scientific attention that has come with it - there had been very little research or funding into Zika.
There is neither a vaccine nor prophylactic pharmacotherapy available to prevent Zika virus infection, and there is a significant dearth of information relating to the virus – which Cambridge University Press is aiming to help address.
The report was written, reviewed, edited and released in just 8 days following the World Health Organisation declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on February 1st.
Professor Bernard Gonik, Fann S. Srere Chair of Perinatal Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, has provided the content of the report, as part of the digital resource High-Risk Pregnancy: Management Options – a new online product currently in development that will launch later this year. The content will continue to be updated with best recommendations as new information on the virus emerges.
The report can be viewed at: http://www.cambridge.org/zika
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