The Zika Virus exploded onto the
international health scene in the last several months. It was first discovered
in humans in 1951 and remained limited to Africa and Asia until the first major
outbreak in Micronesia in 2007. Since then the virus has continued to evolve
and spread from the Pacific Islands and French Polynesia to the main major
outbreak in South America in early 2015 and finally to the US in January 2016.
This is the official blog for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Our main goal is to share the results of our monthly Journal Club for people to view and for our staff/residents to have as a resource if the need arises to review the content. The scores and analysis of each article are derived from an initial critical review of the literature by a single reviewer, followed by a group discussion.