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cord-344576-upsc9cf8	Taylor-Robinson, Andrew W	A vaccine effective against Zika virus is theoretically possible but may not be delivered anytime soon	2016-07-05		.txt	text/plain	2604	154	52	In February this year, the World Health Organization declared that further to the then unconfirmed association between the virus and the clinical manifestations of microcephaly and also Guillain-Barré syndrome, the Zika epidemic was a "public health emergency of international concern". No anti-Zika therapy, vaccine or drug, is currently available and while the production of the former has now been prioritized by multiple funding agencies, the history of infectious disease vaccine development indicates that this may take several years to reach the market place. A more rapid spread of the virus via the intercontinental travel of infected persons is an additional concern, although for Zika to become established in a location distant to an endemic area requires local transmission of the initially imported focus of infection; this is dependent on the availability of the vector. Local transmission of Zika virus infection is possible in Australia but should be contained by current vector control measures	./cache/cord-344576-upsc9cf8.txt	./txt/cord-344576-upsc9cf8.txt