Zika Infection: A Case Study

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- Zika infection on a pregnant woman would lead to a serious birth defect named microcephaly and some fetal brain defects. Kids with microcephaly might not be having the ability to achieve their full cognitive potential because of the impaired cognitive and physical development they are generally born with. Kids with impaired cognitive and physical development likely to attend school less which will lead to lower educational achievement.
- Those poor communities that are likely to be infected the most by Zika, as they are also the least well-equipped communities to confront the disease. The fear of a disease, which always can be proved more infectious compare to the disease itself, have a real negative economic and social effects.
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