Zika Virus May Affect the Universal Two-Child Policy: A New Challenge for China

Toward the end of 2015, China relaxed its more than three-decade-old one-child policy to address the problems of a rapidly aging population, now allowing all couples to have two children (the universal two-child policy) [1]. It is expected that China will witness a huge baby boom in the next few years [2]. However, the potential threat of Zika virus may affect the anticipated baby boom.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

• Publication date

  2016-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Political Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004984PMID 27832058PMCID 5104386
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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