[Editorial] Zika virus at the games: is it safe? (Lancet Infectious Diseases)

In a notorious scene in the film Marathon Man, a runner (played by Dustin Hoffman) is repeatedly asked by the Nazi dentist character (played by the late Laurence Olivier), `Is it safe?` With the Olympic Games due to start on Aug 5 and Paralympic Games on Sept 7, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a country experiencing an outbreak of Zika virus infection, athletes from a plethora of sports, officials, and spectators will be asking themselves the same question. Already the South Korean Olympic team has announced that its athletes` uniforms will be coated with mosquito repellent.