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Cornell experts team up with WHO

zikaCornell nutritional sciences professors Julia Finkelstein and Saurabh Mehta are leading an international team assembled by the WHO to study the risks of Zika virus transmission through breast milk. Finkelstein and Mehta’s previous research similar viruses and their work on HIV in pregnancy and breastfeeding puts them both in an excellent position to conduct this crucial study. Finkelstein explains that confronting the Zika virus and its transmission requires a One Health, public health approach: “We urgently need a holistic approach at every level, including better diagnostics, surveillance, prevention and public health interventions that include vaccines, vector control and effective treatment.”

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