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Jim Slade
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Zika experts: Varied neurological complications, virus still detectable after recovery
The International Congress of Neuromuscular Diseases (ICND) just drew to an end in Toronto. Among the many questions addressed there were these: How diverse can the neurological complications after a Zika infection be? How long does the virus survive in the body? How is the spread of the infection developing world-wide. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160714092229.htm  |
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Jim Slade
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First case of Zika spread through female-to-male sex in NYC
Women are capable of passing a Zika infection to their male sexual partners according to new research released Friday. http://wpo.st/QZAm1 |
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Jim Slade
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Projected Zika Virus Importation and Subsequent Ongoing Transmission after Travel to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games-Country-Specific Assessment July 2016
Here is the Center for Disease Control's report on Zika re: the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6528e1.htm?s_cid=mm8528e1_e |
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SekeRob
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Common Culex mosquito can also carry Zika virus.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/03...n-mosquito-scientists-say |
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Jim Slade
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Studies in Mice Provide Insights into Antibody-Zika Virus Interactions
In research that could inform prophylactic treatment approaches for pregnant women at risk for Zika virus infection, investigators conducted experiments in mice and identified six Zika virus antibodies, including four that neutralize African, Asian and American strains of the mosquito-borne virus. http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2016/Pages/Zika-antibodies.aspx |
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Jim Slade
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Vaccination: Zika infection is caused by one virus serotype
Findings may have implications for vaccine development Vaccination against a single strain of Zika virus should be sufficient to protect against genetically diverse strains of the virus, according to a new study. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160729132937.htm |
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Confronting a Lingering Question About Zika: How It Enters the Womb
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/health/zika...src=recg&pgtype=Blogs Ebola Innovations https://internationalmedicalcorps.org/disinfectant-tested-in-guinea |
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SekeRob
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On progress with 3 vaccines against Zika: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/zika-virus-o...ika-vaccine-trial-n623016
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SekeRob
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Gene manipulated mosquito approved by FDA
https://www.yahoo.com/news/to-fight-zika-fda-...toes-172647521.html?nhp=1 |
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Jim Slade
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Zika Uncontained
Katie Worth, a reporter on Frontline's digital team and TOW Journalism Fellow, Frontline/Columbia Journalism School Fellowship, and Michelle Mizner report from Recife, Brazil, the epicenter of the Zika outbreak to investigate what caused it, and whether it could be solved. http://apps.frontline.org/zika-water/?utm_sou...l&utm_campaign=081016 |
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