WHO (World Health Organization) Emergency Use Assessment and Listing for Zika IVDs (In Vitro Diagnostics): AccuPower ® ZIKV (DENV, CHIKV) Multiplex Real-Time RT-PCR Kit; EUAL Number: EAZ 0006-004-00
World Health Organization. 10/28/2016 This 64-page document provides information about the World Health Organization ' s Emergency Use Assessment and Listing (EUAL) procedure to expedite the availability of in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) for AccuPower ® ZIKV (DENV, CHIKV) Multiplex Real-Time RT-PCR Kit, with product code ZIK-1111. The kit is an in vitro diagnostic kit designed for the qualitative detection of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya virus RNA in human samples such as serum, plasma, and urine (only for Zika) samples through real-time rever se transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). (PDF) (Source: Disaster Lit:...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - December 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
Researchers develop first chikungunya vaccine from virus that does not affect people
Researchers have developed the first vaccine for chikungunya fever made from an insect-specific virus that doesn ' t have any effect on people, making the vaccine safe and effective. The newly developed vaccine quickly produces a strong immune defense and completely protects mice and nonhuman primates from disease when exposed to the chikungunya virus. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 19, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
UTMB researchers develop first chikungunya vaccine from virus that does not affect people
(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have developed the first vaccine for chikungunya fever made from an insect-specific virus that doesn't have any effect on people, making the vaccine safe and effective. The newly developed vaccine quickly produces a strong immune defense and completely protects mice and nonhuman primates from disease when exposed to the chikungunya virus. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 19, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Zika-linked birth defects more extensive than previously thought, UCLA-led research finds
UCLADr. Karin NielsenNew UCLA-led research finds that Zika-linked abnormalities that occur in human fetuses are more extensive — and severe — than previously thought, with 46 percent of 125 pregnancies among Zika-infected women resulting in birth defects in newborns or ending in fetal death.Thestudy, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that damage during fetal development from the mosquito-borne virus can occur throughout pregnancy and that other birth defects are more common than microcephaly, when babies are born with very small heads. Further, these defects may only be detected weeks or months...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - December 15, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
18 Diseases The World Has Turned Its Back On
This article is part HuffPost’s Project Zero campaign, a yearlong series on neglected tropical diseases and efforts to eliminate them.
More than 1 billion people on the planet suffer from illnesses that the world pays little attention to.
Neglected tropical diseases are a group of at least 18 diseases that primarily affect people living in poverty in tropical regions of the world and are virtually unknown elsewhere, according to the World Health Organization.
These are diseases like river blindness, which has infected 18 million people worldwide and caused blindness in 270,000 people; or...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 6, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
18 Diseases The World Has Turned Its Back On
This article is part HuffPost’s Project Zero campaign, a yearlong series on neglected tropical diseases and efforts to eliminate them.
More than 1 billion people on the planet suffer from illnesses that the world pays little attention to.
Neglected tropical diseases are a group of at least 18 diseases that primarily affect people living in poverty in tropical regions of the world and are virtually unknown elsewhere, according to the World Health Organization.
These are diseases like river blindness, which has infected 18 million people worldwide and caused blindness in 270,000 people; or...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Assessing Fever in Returning Travelers: Part II
Zika continues to be the virus of the day for returning travelers, but there are several other diseases that we need to consider in these patients when they present to us in the emergency department. Chikungunya is epidemic in many of the same countries as Zika and can be even more devastating. And Avian and MERS-CoV is still present in many countries. Unlike patients infected with Zika virus, these patients do require isolation to protect our health care staff from infection.
Chikungunya
Chikungunya, which means “to walk bent over,” was likely endemic but unrecognized in the United States before the mosquito er...
Source: EPMonthly.com - November 25, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Matt McGahen Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
As the Aedes aegypti mosquito spreads globally, so does the risk of epidemics
Of all the mosquito species that populate the planet, few have proved themselves more resilient or more deadly to humans than the Aedes aegypti. The epidemics fueled by this tiny mosquito stretch across hundreds of years and include millions of victims. Yellow fever, dengue fever, chikungunya. And now Zika, which has spread to more than 50 […]Related:Many Medicare cancer patients hit by high out-of-pocket costsMany LASIK patients may wind up with glare, halos or other visual symptoms, study suggestsNormal head size at birth doesn’t rule out microcephaly, Zika syndrome after birth (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Aethlon ’ s blood filtration device as broad countermeasure for infectious diseases
In the midst of a devastating global crisis 2 years ago, a Ugandan physician was infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone as he was treating patients. He was hospitalized at the Frankfurt University Hospital and 12 days later he was unconscious, suffering from multiple organ failure.
By the time Aethlon Medical (NSDQ:AEMD) got permission to use its Hemopurifier device, the doctor required mechanical ventilation, continuous dialysis and vasopressor medications. After almost 7 hours of treatment with the single cartridge blood filtration device, the patient’s viral load dropped from 400,000 virus copies per milliliter of b...
Source: Mass Device - November 18, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Blood Management Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Research & Development Aethlon Medical Inc. MassDevice Q&A Source Type: news
Mosquitoes May Infect You With More Than One Disease In A Single Bite
As if disease-carrying mosquitoes weren’t bad enough in the first place, scientists have found the pesky insects may be able to infect us with two viruses at the same time.
A small lab study that exposed mosquitoes to blood infected with varying combinations of dengue, Zika and chikungunya proved that the mosquitoes were able to pick up two viruses — Zika and chikungunya — at the same time.
The results suggest that human beings could be infected with both the Zika virus and the chikungunya virus in one bite, but researchers need to conduct more studies to find out how this affects a person&rsqu...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 17, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya Prevention Toolkit
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. 10/17/2016 This 55-page document is a toolkit for two modules that promote community and school outreach activities for Zika, dengue, and chikungunya prevention. It features full-color imagery, interactive formats, and games material to teach all audiences according to the methodology suggested in the two module guides. All materials can be printed in color or black/white and are of high resolution for those national societies wishing to enlarge and print posters and banners for other uses in their Zika, dengue, and/or chikungunya prevention activities. (PDF...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - November 17, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
Mosquitoes can spread Zika, Chikungunya at the same time
HealthDay News Mosquitoes can infect people with Zika and chikungunya viruses at the same time, new research suggests. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mosquitoes Can Deliver Virus Double Whammy
And like Zika, dengue and chikungunya can also cause neurological problems, study found (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mosquitoes Can Deliver Zika/Chikungunya Double Whammy
And like Zika, dengue and chikungunya can also cause neurological problems, study found
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Chikungunya, Insect Bites and Stings, Zika Virus (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mosquitoes Can Deliver Zika/Chikungunya Double Whammy
MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2016 -- Mosquitoes can infect people with Zika and chikungunya viruses at the same time, new research suggests.
And another study found that in addition to Zika virus, two other mosquito-borne viruses -- chikungunya and dengue --... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
