Sentences with phrase «cluster of microcephaly»

Although Zika causes no harm in most people it infects, its possible role in clusters of microcephaly in babies and Guillain - Barré syndrome in adults led the World Health Organization on 1 February to declare that it is a «public health emergency of international concern.»

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In tandem with the declaration, the committee made two major recommendations: Standardize surveillance for microcephaly and other neurological disorders in places where Zika is spreading, and intensify research to discern whether the clusters of cases are truly linked to the virus.
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