Make sure Zika virus causes brain atrophy

The US Center for Disease Control CDC confirmed that Zika virus is the culprit causing thousands of children with brain atrophy.

Previously, scientists believed there was a link between brain atrophy and Zika virus , but there was no evidence of authenticity. Children born in epidemic areas are often found to have a smaller brain volume than normal, seriously affecting their thinking when they grow up.

A young child has brain atrophy.

Director of CDC Center affirmed that there is no doubt that Zika virus is the culprit that many children in South America suffer from brain atrophy. Director Tom Frieden said: "Zika virus is the culprit causing children to have brain atrophy."

Zika virus is found in brain tissue, spinal fluid and amniotic fluid in newborns. Health centers across the world warn Zika virus can cause babies to brain atrophy and recommend pregnant women to use mosquito sprays or topicals to avoid insects, avoid the Zika virus areas spread and avoid sex.

The Director of CDC Control Center confirmed that Zika virus causes brain atrophy in children.

Scientists from CDC hope that this finding will help the views of countries and people about Zika virus change, like the controversial study of 1964 found that smoking causes lung cancer.

Tom said: "We are very careful when doing this study. There is a direct link between Zika virus and brain atrophy" . The US Centers for Disease Control published the latest study in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Recently, Vietnam also discovered the first 2 cases of Zika virus infection in Ho Chi Minh City and Khanh Hoa.