cumgranosalum Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Zika virus has been in Africa for a long time, SE asia for 50 years (including Thailand). Just rarely diagnosed. It was only in 2007 it started to spread elsewhere and in epidemic proportions. Whether it represents a real danger to Thailand is debatable, after all it hasn't caused epidemics in the last 50 years, but maybe this is a new more virulent strain. This is the problem, it's not the same as it was before. It's changed and it's much worse than before. "Changed" - where did you find this information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cumgranosalum Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Zika virus has been in Africa for a long time, SE asia for 50 years (including Thailand). Just rarely diagnosed. It was only in 2007 it started to spread elsewhere and in epidemic proportions. Whether it represents a real danger to Thailand is debatable, after all it hasn't caused epidemics in the last 50 years, but maybe this is a new more virulent strain. one of the problems - as said before - is that if a population hasn't had the disease before then there is no immunity within the population, making it more susceptible to a larger outbreak. Edited January 30, 2016 by cumgranosalum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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