Nigerians have been warned of an imminent Zika virus
attack following a new analysis of travel, climate and
mosquito patterns in Africa.
A research by scientists trying to predict the future path of
Zika say that no fewer than 2.6 billion people living in parts
of Africa and Asia could be at risk of infection.
Dr. Kamran Khan, the study’s senior author said that
countries with little amount of resources, should start early
to plan for an equitable use of their resources. Khan, is also
an infectious diseases physician and scientist at St.
Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, U.S.
According to the research published on Thursday in the
journal, Lancet, some of the most vulnerable countries
include Nigeria, India, China, the Philippines, Indonesia,
Vietnam, Pakistan and Bangladesh, according to the
research.
Experts caution that the study could overestimate the
number of people at risk because they don’t know whether
Zika had already landed in some of these countries in the
past and allowed people to develop immunity.
More than two-thirds of people infected with Zika never get
sick, and symptoms are mild for those who do and as such,
the surveillance systems may have missed cases.
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