The Zika outbreak will likely burn itself out in the next two to three years, based on the fact that people develop immunity to the virus. Scientists from Imperial College London and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have published a new study suggesting that the Zika epidemic will have run its course in Latin America within three years, but only because so many people are being infected that the population will become immune to it. "The current explosive epidemic will burn itself out due to a phenomenon called herd immunity," lead researcher Neil Ferguson said. "Because the virus...
- 7/14/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
The Zika outbreak will likely burn itself out in the next two to three years, based on the fact that people develop immunity to the virus. Scientists from Imperial College London and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have published a new study suggesting that the Zika epidemic will have run its course in Latin America within three years, but only because so many people are being infected that the population will become immune to it. "The current explosive epidemic will burn itself out due to a phenomenon called herd immunity," lead researcher Neil Ferguson said. "Because the virus...
- 7/14/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
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