Winner of the 2017 Jabuti Book PrizeThe Zika virus is devastating lives and communities. Children across the Americas are being born with severe disabilities because of it. Yet during the desolating outbreak, Brazil played host to both the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup, leading many to suspect that the true impact of the virus has been subject to a cover-up of international proportions.Beginning in the northeast, where the devastation has been most felt, professor of bioethics and award-winning documentary filmmaker Debora Diniz travels across Brazil tracing the virus's origin and spread. Along the journey she meets a host of fearless families, doctors and scientists uncovering the virus's impact on local communities. In doing so Diniz paints a vivid picture of the Zika epidemic, exposing the Brazilian government's complicity in allowing the virus to spread while championing the efforts of local doctors and mothers who, working together, are raising awareness of the virus and fighting for the rights of children affected by Zika.

Features rich on-the-ground reporting, which gives due prominence to those unsung local doctors and mothers who are working to curb the spread of the epidemic.

Translator's NotePrinciple CharactersTimelineMap1. Telling the Story2. Positive for ZikaWhere it All BeganDeciphering an Allergy EpidemicA Mysterious Illness Strikes Bahia3. The First Generation of WomenThe ForeignerThe Northeasterners4. Footprints of the VirusThe Paralyzing SyndromeThe Neuropediatricians from RecifeThe Doctor from Rural Paraíba5. Patient Zero6. The Aftermath7. Implications for Women Worldwide