Zika: the race against time to contain the virus that shrinks babies' brains

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Headlines about the Zika disease able to destroy the babies’ brains in the womb have shocked the world. Beyond the fear and awe-inspiring pandemic disease this film reveals the origins of this seemingly harmless disease secretly spread across half the world undetected for decades until it exploded in a deadly epidemic. Could it mutate and affect adults with more severe effects and could it cause delayed damages to children’s health for those born with the disease? The Medical world is engaged in a race against time to try and answer these questions. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 - Introduction ▷ 01:12 - The discovery of a strange epidemy in Brasil: Zika ▷ 05:00 - A disease that destroys the brains of fetuses in utero ▷ 10:00 - Mosquito analysis to understand pathogen contagion ▷ 13:00 - The rubber, a material that allowed the virus to develop ▷ 20:39 - Trackdown Zika, a race against time to prevent a deadliest epidemic ▷ 30:00 - Scietists found how Zika causes ▷ 36:00 - The propagation of Zika: fear of an epidemy in Africa ▷ 41:00 - Genetically modified mosquitoes released in Zika epicenters to eradicate the virus ▷ 44:10 - But at a considerable financial cost to developing countries. ▷ 51:05 - Credits #documentary #science #research #zika #virus #epidemic #brasil #covid19 #fulldocumentaries #WocomoDOCS ------- Subscribe to wocomoDOCS: https://goo.gl/sBmGkp Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wocomo ------- This documentary is a real life detective story that traces the origins of a killer virus and explores for the first time the strange experiments that unlocked its deadly secrets. Original Title: World War Zika Directed by Malcom Clark © 2017, Licensed by Terranoa ------- Documentaries about politics, society and science produced by leading studios around the world. Our goal is to be a reliable source of high-quality information and investigative journalism for a better understanding of relationships, backgrounds and future developments. Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries: ▷ wocomoHUMANITY: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoHUMANITY ▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE ▷ wocomoHISTORY: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY ▷ wocomoTRAVEL: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL ▷ wocomoCOOK: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoCOOK Wocomo DOCS is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.