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Study Shows High Post-Epidemic Seroprevalence of Zika Virus in Nicaragua
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Sun, 2018-09-02 22:56 — Kathy Gilbeaux
sph.berkeley.edu - August 30, 2018
Almost half of the population of Managua, Nicaragua, is infected with Zika virus, according to a study by UC Berkeley School of Public Health researchers. Eva Harris, professor of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at the School of Public Health and director of the UC Berkeley Center for Global Public Health, led the research, which was published August 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
“Knowing that 50 percent of the population was infected in only a three-month period during the epidemic is important because it means that another epidemic of that size and ferocity in the near future is very unlikely,” says Harris.
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