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Zika via sex and blood: how worried should we be?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageZika has reportedly been transmitted via blood transfusions and sex, so how worried should we be about it spreading?from www.shutterstock.com.au

For a fairly non-descript virus, Zika continues to surprise us. Zika has hit the headlines yet again with the news that there’s been transmission in Brazil of two cases by blood transfusion.

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