Local transmission of Zika virus infection is possible in Australia but should be contained by current vector control measures

At the start of 2016 Zika fever is making headlines around the world. The Zika virus is sweeping through South America at a time when the Rio de Janeiro Olympics is only months away. This epidemic could possibly reach globally as far as Australia but should be containable in this country through adherence to currently applicable measures to control numbers of the mosquito vector of transmission.