Zika researchers seeking volunteers
By Agencies in Washington | China Daily | Updated: 2016-08-20 07:49
Wanted: Volunteers willing to be infected with the Zika virus for science.
It may sound bizarre, but researchers are planning just such a study - this winter, when mosquitoes aren't biting - to help speed development of much-needed Zika vaccines.
The quest for a vaccine began less than a year ago as Brazil's massive outbreak revealed that Zika, once dismissed as a nuisance virus, can harm a fetus' brain if a woman is infected during pregnancy.
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