The zika virus is sweeping across South America, but it is an Asian mutation, different from the strains endemic in African countries. Does it mean African populations could be reinfected?
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Did African travellers introduce the zika virus to Brazil? It’s highly unlikely

Africans are being blamed by doctors for bringing the mosquito-borne zika virus to South America, where an increase has been recorded in babies being born with an underdeveloped brain. Is that plausible?
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Canadian website wrongly links whooping cough vaccine to zika

Is a vaccine against whooping cough the “most likely triggering cause” of microcephaly in Brazilian babies? US fact-checking site Politifact couldn’t find a shred of evidence to support this claim.