Top 5 Zika websites

Top Five sites for up-to-date information about Zika virus

1. The CDC shows the number of US cases of Zika to date and how they were acquired. 

There's also good advice on how to avoid mosquito bites, how to combine insect repellant and sun cream and how to treat infants.In addition, CDC Travel Health Notices give warnings about countries with active outbreaks of Zika: 

recent warnings include Fiji, Puerto Rica and Cuba.

2. The PAHO, Pan American Health Organisation has an interactive map which shows the number of countries with Zika cases and the number of cases in each country. 

Also avaialable as a table showing the number of suspected cases. There's advice for pregnant mothers and information about microcephaly.

3. The NHS Choices site has recommendations for reducing your risk of Zika:

4. The BBC site gives sound advice and recommends using insect repellants containing picaridin as well as DEET.

However, as you can see this map is not fully up-to-date

5. A WHO map shows the number of confirmed microcephaly cases in Brazil.