Zika virus vaccine will be announced in October 2016

Scientists said that it is possible in October 2016 to announce the official batch of Zika virus vaccines.

Daily Mail on August 26 posted information, said Mexican Doctor of Science Arturo Reyes-Sandoval, chairing the laboratory of the Nufield Medical Research Center, University of Oxford, UK, said there is May in October this year will announce the official batch of Zika virus vaccines.

It is known that the experts will choose this batch of 12 vaccines that have been patented in Oxford to find the most effective vaccine to create the basis for the second phase of testing. Use on human body.

By 2017 the vaccine will be widely used for everyone.

Initially testing this vaccine in clinical form, then by 2017 will officially apply to everyone.

Earlier, in July the BBC reported, scientists at the University of Washington (USA) found antibodies in mice that could help prevent infection with Zika virus - the cause of birth defects. , currently appearing in 50 countries, Latin America is considered an outbreak and Brazil is most severely affected.

The study, published in the July 27 issue of the journal Science, shows that in mice, the rats contained six types of antibodies that could neutralize, prevent spread and could be used to diagnose Zika. .

The research team member - Professor Daved Fremont, Immunologist and Disease Specialist, said: "Some of the antibodies found can neutralize Zika virus strains in Africa, Asia and the Americas".