Ethics, ecosystem and social organisation: the case of Zika virus

What is the level of responsibility humans have towards the deterioration of the ecological environment and the development of re-emerging diseases affecting human reproduction? Is Zika a warning sign of future events for being a devastating pathogenic entity without precedent?

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ida Cristina Gubert, Eduardo Alfredo Duro, Carmen Alicia Cardozo de Martinez, Marta A. Bigliardi, Luis M. López Dávila, Viviana Lifschitz, Claude Vergès de López, Fernanda M. Ledesma, Maria Angélica Sotomayor, Jorge Alberto Álvarez Díaz, Antonio Aguilar Guzmán, Patricia Sorokin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Pontificia Comillas 2017-06-01
Series:Revista Iberoamericana de Bioética
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Online Access:http://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/bioetica-revista-iberoamericana/article/view/7634
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Summary:What is the level of responsibility humans have towards the deterioration of the ecological environment and the development of re-emerging diseases affecting human reproduction? Is Zika a warning sign of future events for being a devastating pathogenic entity without precedent?
ISSN:2529-9573