title: Brazil's scientists scramble to solve the Zika puzzle.
abstract: The World Health Organization has declared the recent leap in the number of microcephaly cases and their suspected association with Zika virus a public health emergency of international concern. Ana Bispo tells Andréia Azevedo Soares why Brazil should have some scientific answers in coming months.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bispo
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D012106:Research; D014944:World Health Organization; D000071244:Zika Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*