What should we in Sri Lanka do about Zika in pregnancy

Zika virus has caused concern in South American countries. Although, a mild selflimiting disease, a possible association with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS)1 as well as long term adverse neurological sequelae have been reported in Zika virus infected patients1 . Infection in pregnant females has been causally associated with microcephaly and other severe brain abnormalities of the fetus2. Zika is an RNA flavivirus, which shares the same vector (the common mosquito Aedes aegypti), with Dengue, Chikungunya and Yellow fever viruses, prevalent in the tropics including Sri Lanka3 . The recent epidemic of Zika in Bangladesh is proof of the serious threat of a Zika epidemic in Sri Lanka3 .