Ben Neuman

Control measures need to focus on the major source of Zika, which is still overwhelmingly mosquitoes.

If you swap enough bodily fluid, most viruses can probably be sex... by Ben Neuman

If you swap enough bodily fluid, most viruses can probably be sexually transmitted to some extent.

To be useful, a Zika vaccine would need to be effective and safe, but it's difficult to do both, it's a balancing act.

It's big concern, and at this stage we just don't know. by Ben Neuman

It's big concern, and at this stage we just don't know.

For most viruses, there are lots of ways to make a somewhat effective vaccine, but the most effective vaccines target several parts of the virus in different ways.

MERS only becomes a problem if it is mishandled, as a result of Ebola, there are far more people in the UK with experience in handling dangerous viruses than there were a year ago.