First cases of human West Nile virus in 2018 confirmed
A Chicago resident has been confirmed to have contacted West Nile virus which is a mosquito-borne virus found throughout the United States, according to IDPH. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Confirmed 2018 West Nile Virus cases: What to know about the mosquito-borne disease
What to know about West Nile virus (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
WATCH: What is West Nile virus?
This virus, spread to people by mosquitoes, can lead to a fatal illness in 1 out of every 150 people infected. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Grifols Expands its NAT Solutions Portfolio with New FDA Approvals for Two Assays
Grifols Procleix Ultrio Elite assay screens for HIV-1, HCV, and HBV and detects HIV-2; the Procleix WNV assay screens for West Nile virus
Both assays are approved to run on the fully automated NAT blood screening platform Procleix Panther system
Thes... Diagnostics, FDA Grifols, Procleix Ultrio Elite, Procleix WNV, HIV-1, HCV (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - June 19, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Study finds a pesticide-free way to combat mosquitos and West Nile
(University of Waterloo) Researchers at the University of Waterloo may have discovered a new, pesticide-free way to limit mosquito populations in some area and reduce the spread of the West Nile virus. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 18, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
New Insights into Animal-Borne Disease Outbreaks
In the wake of the recent Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, a reevaluation of the ways plague spreads through prairie dog colonies in the western United States has yielded insights that could help explain outbreaks of plague, Ebola, and other diseases that can be transmitted by animals to humans. These include West Nile Virus disease and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). The study, led by Dan Salkeld and Mike Antolin of Colorado State University and described in the journal BioScience, suggests that even deadly diseases may persist unnoticed in a population for years as smoldering infections, rather than jump fro...
Source: BioScience Press Releases - June 12, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Columbia County Bird Tests Positive for West Nile Virus
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) reports a dead bird found in Columbia County has tested positive forWest Nile virus. This is the first case of WNV activity reported in the state in 2018. “This case reminds us that West Nile virus is already active in Wisconsin this season, so we all need to take steps to prevent mosquito bites to keep from getting sick,” said Karen McKeown, the State Health Officer. West Nile virus is spread to...(see release) (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - May 31, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Authors: millejcodn Source Type: news
How to Protect Yourself From Mosquitoes and Ticks
There are several measures you can take, some of which provide two-for-one protection against the insects. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: RONI CARYN RABIN Tags: Ticks (Insects) Mosquitoes West Nile Virus Lyme Disease Deet (Insect Repellent) Source Type: news
Diseases Spread By Insects Have More Than Tripled, CDC Says
In the United States, diseases spread by mosquito, flea and tick bites tripled from 2004 to 2016, federal health officials say in a new report. During that time, there were more than 640,000 cases of vector-borne diseases.
“People really do need to take this seriously,” says Dr. Lyle Petersen, the director of the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases in the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The new study—published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report—marks the first time the agency has collectively e...
Source: TIME: Health - May 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexandra Sifferlin Tags: Uncategorized healthytime public health Source Type: news
West Nile virus reemerged and spread to new areas in Greece in 2017, researchers show
(European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) West Nile virus (WNV), which is transmitted via mosquito bites, reemerged and spread to new territories of Greece in 2017 following a two-year hiatus in reported human cases, according to findings presented at the 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID). Greece provides the appropriate ecological and climatic conditions for WNV circulation. The virus has been established in Greece and disease transmission may continue in the future. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 20, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
SURVEILLANCE SUMMARIES: Surveillance for West Nile Virus Disease - United States, 2009-2018
This report describes surveillance data for West Nile virus during 2009-2018. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 17, 2018 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report West Nile Virus Infection Source Type: news
Rats, cats, and people trade-off as main course for mosquitoes in Baltimore, Md.
(Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies) Understanding how neighborhood dynamics regulate mosquito bites is key to managing diseases like West Nile virus and Zika virus. Today in Parasites& Vectors, researchers report that in Baltimore, Md., socioeconomic differences between neighborhoods influence bite risk, with rats being a primary blood meal source in lower income neighborhoods. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 9, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Researchers develop a novel RNA-based therapy to target West Nile Virus
New findings by the Yale-led team may represent a breakthrough in treating West Nile Virus after virus invasion of the brain and the central nervous system. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - March 29, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Researchers develop a novel RNA-based therapy to target West Nile virus
(Yale University) A Yale-led research team developed a new RNA therapy, delivered through the nose, to treat mice infected with West Nile Virus. The innovative approach reduced the virus in the brain, allowing the immune system to destroy the virus and develop long-term protection against West Nile Virus disease, the researchers said. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 29, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Fewer Scientists Are Studying Insects. Here ’s Why That’s So Dangerous
In the summer of 2016, Jerome Goddard, a medical entomologist in Mississippi, received an email from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with a desperate ask. The agency was conducting an “urgent” search for insect scientists around the U.S. who could take up to a six-month paid leave from work to help the CDC fight the Zika outbreak in the U.S., and possibly respond to areas with local transmission if needed.
“That’s how bad it is—they need to borrow someone,” says Goddard, an extension professor of medical entomology at Mississippi State University. “We can&...
Source: TIME: Health - February 14, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexandra Sifferlin Tags: Uncategorized healthytime public health Source Type: news
