Jonna Mazet

University of California, Davis / USAID

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Professor of Epidemiology and Disease Ecology at the University of California, Davis and Global Director for USAID's PREDICT project 

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Does the Zika virus really cause the birth defect microcephaly? From Brazil's Amazon Basin to the favelas of Sao Paulo, researchers are looking for answers.

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