Incurable virus causing babies with shrunken heads spreads across globe alarmingly fast

AN INCURABLE, potentially deadly virus which is spread by mosquitos and can cause infected mothers to give birth to babies with tiny heads could spread to the US within months, and potentially reach Europe, scientists have warned.

 The Zika virus has spread at an alarming rate in South American in the past year and experts fear the US southern states could be the next places to experience outbreaks.

It is unknown why cases of the virus, which has been linked to a number of deaths and has no vaccine, has suddenly exploded in the past few years.
This week it made its way to Puerto Rico, which was the gateway to the US for other mosquito-borne diseases.
It has already spread across Mexico.
Scott Weaver, the director of the Institute for Human Infections and Immunity at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, said: "I think the Zika virus is going to be knocking on the doorstep in places like Florida and Texas probably in the spring or summer. It is spreading really fast."
Alarmingly, it is thought to be transmitted by mosquitos, including Aedes albopictus, which is found as far north as the south of France in Europe.