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QuantumEthos
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Drug blocks Zika, other mosquito-borne viruses in cell cultures
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Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) in Action: CDC Scientists Use AMD Methods to Develop Diagnostic Tools for Zika Virus
CDC scientist used AMD to sequence the genomes of several Zika strains and rapidly develop, validate, and distribute a molecular diagnostic assay protocol to detect emerging strains of the virus. https://www.cdc.gov/amd/stories/zika-virus.html  |
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Population-Based Surveillance of Birth Defects Potentially Related to Zika Virus Infection - 15 States and U.S. Territories
On January 25, 2018, the Center for Disease Control released the first report of population-based birth defect surveillance from 15 jurisdictions for birth defects associated with congenital Zirus virus infection. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6703a2.htm?s_cid=mm6703a2_w |
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Epidemics Going Viral Innovation vs Nature
----------------------------------------Friday, April 27, 2018, 8:00 AM - 12:45 PM ET Free Live Web Event Featuring Bill Gates This program examines this complex challenge from the perspective of researchers, clinicians and others who have first-hand experiences dealing with epidemics. This free-live web event is presented by the Massachusetts Medical Society, recognized for national education programs, and the New England Journal of Medicine, a leader in global health and breakthrough research on public health emergencies. http://epidemics.events.nejm.org/#main [Edit 1 times, last edit by Jim Slade at Mar 21, 2018 1:58:21 AM] |
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Dynamics of Zika virus outbreaks: an overview of mathematical modeling approaches
Wiratsudakul, Suparit, and Modchang from Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand report that mathematical models can be used as predictive tools or as a means of understanding fundamental epidemiological processes. They demonstrated how the models were applied during the Zika virus outbreaks and discussed the uses of mathematical models in Zika import risk estimation and intervention planning. https://peerj.com/articles/4526/ |
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Researchers discover how body temperature wrecks potential dengue, Zika vaccine.
A major route toward creating effective vaccines against dengue virus and Zika involves the E protein that covers the surface of each viral particle. If we could develop strong antibodies against this E protein, then that would be the crux of a formidable vaccine—based on the important fact that the 180 E proteins come in pairs. But creating such a vaccine has proven difficult for a number of reasons. Now UNC School of Medicine researchers have delineated the details of one major barrier to a promising vaccine. Read more at: zika |
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Working with colleagues from Brazil, scientists at Australia's University of Queensland discovered that Zika-carrying mosquitoes can be identified using a non-invasive technology known as Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS). This involves shining a beam of near-infrared light on a mosquito, and analyzing the distinct manner in which that light is absorbed and reflected by the creature's head and thorax.
When lab-tested at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, the NIRS technique was found to be 94 to 99 per cent accurate at identifying infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. And while there already is another method of detecting the virus in mosquitoes, known as quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), NIRS was found to be 18 times faster while costing one 110th as much. https://newatlas.com/mosquitoes-zika-nirs/54759/ |
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Tracing Spread of Zika Virus in the Americas
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins visits the Zika Forest area of Uganda, where the Zika virus was first identified in 1947. https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2018/05/29/trac...ka-virus-in-the-americas/ |
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