Zika virus in France
From Zikv.in
Efforts to tackle Zika virus
French Health Minister Marisol Touraine recommended that people returning from affected areas avoid donating sperm or undergoing in-vitro fertilization for a month.
Efforts to develop Vaccine
French drugmaker Sanofi SA has announced a project to develop vaccine against Zika virus. On February 2, 2016 Sanofi SA has launched a project to develop a vaccine against the virus marking most decisive commitment yet by a major vaccine maker. The company said its Sanofi Pasteur vaccines division would use its expertise in developing vaccines for similar viruses such as yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis and dengue.
Research
In 2015, French scientists detected presence of Zika virus in human saliva and published it in the Journal of Clinical Virology.
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