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KLiK
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that's a GREAT News...thx, JS!
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Jim Slade
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Zika Virus Cases Appearing in U.S.
Zika virus has begun cropping up in the U.S. public health officials say, with three new confirmed cases in Florida and two others in Illinois. All new patients have traveled abroad. Not all of the new Zika patients in the U.S. appear to be pregnant. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/zika-virus-c...-us/ar-BBou0aa?li=BBnb7Kz  |
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SekeRob
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Same goes for Italy, zika has hit here with now the Guillain Barré syndrom / muscle-nerve attacking decease also being strongly associated with the virus. Surprisingly the virus is known since half a century and the link already published on at least as early as march 2014 regarding french Polynesian cases of Dec.2013 : http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20720
----------------------------------------Was watching The Blacklist, how a pharmaceutical had the cure, and let the a [fictitious] decease spread. A scary thought. Scegli has been subpoenaed over the 5000% price rise for a long used medicine, and more and more cases known of [generic] medicine going suddenly in short supply. More scary thoughts. Edit: To add, "Sera from both patients exhibited cross-reactivity with dengue virus antigens." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25600600 [Edit 2 times, last edit by SekeRob* at Jan 24, 2016 10:36:30 PM] |
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Jim Slade
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WHO warns Zika Virus will spread across the Americas but spare Canada and Chile
El Salvador has advised women to delay pregnancies until 2018 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/who-warns...56a65dc4e4b076aadcc75454? |
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Jim Slade
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Zika virus moves closer to U.S.-Videos-CBS News
Dr. Jon LaPook explains how an infected mosquito bites a person in Brazil, that person comes to the United States with the virus in their bloodstream where it stays for a week. Then, an uninfected mosquito bites that person, becomes infected turns around and bites another person infecting that person spreading the virus in the US. http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/zika-virus-cases-move-closer-to-the-u-s/ |
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SekeRob
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Is not that simple "an uninfected mosquito". It's as yet one of a particular genus far as I understand
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SekeRob
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Related, the discussiobn of specicide, the intend eradication of the particular parasite carrying types of mosquito: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35408835 where 2016 prediction is 3-4 million infections: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-35427493
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littlepeaks
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In the midst of this, Hawaii has had a Dengue Fever outbreak -- 250 confirmed cases on the Big Island. There is also concern over the Zika virus, but no locally transmitted cases have been confirmed.
See http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/02/14/hawa...tbreak.html?intcmp=hplnws |
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Jim Slade
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Can CRISPR help edit out female mosquitoes?
The recent discovery of the male-determining factor in mosquitoes, combined with the gene-editing capabilities of the CRISPR-Cas9 system, could be used to bias mosquito populations from deadly, blood-sucking females toward harmless, nectar-feeding males, thus helping to prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160217125535.htm |
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