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Did this pacient had any contact with Covid-19 or another disease diring her pregnancy ? (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 20, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Mosquitos in Asia and the Americas More Susceptible to Zika Virus
A study explains how Zika was present among mosquitoes in Africa for decades without causing the harm to human health seen outside the continent in recent years. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - November 19, 2020 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Greater mosquito susceptibility to Zika virus fueled the epidemic
(CNRS) By experimentally comparing wild populations of Ae. aegyptithe researchers discovered that the invasive subspecies is very effective at transmitting the Zika virus not only because it has more frequent contacts with humans for blood meals, but also as a result of its greater susceptibility to the virus relative to the African subspecies. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 19, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Domesticating Zika virus
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Source: ScienceNOW - November 19, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Ash, C. Tags: Microbiology twis Source Type: news
Enhanced Zika virus susceptibility of globally invasive Aedes aegypti populations
The drivers and patterns of zoonotic virus emergence in the human population are poorly understood. The mosquito Aedes aegypti is a major arbovirus vector native to Africa that invaded most of the world’s tropical belt over the past four centuries, after the evolution of a "domestic" form that specialized in biting humans and breeding in water storage containers. Here, we show that human specialization and subsequent spread of A. aegypti out of Africa were accompanied by an increase in its intrinsic ability to acquire and transmit the emerging human pathogen Zika virus. Thus, the recent evolution and global expansion...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 19, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Aubry, F., Dabo, S., Manet, C., Filipovic, I., Rose, N. H., Miot, E. F., Martynow, D., Baidaliuk, A., Merkling, S. H., Dickson, L. B., Crist, A. B., Anyango, V. O., Romero-Vivas, C. M., Vega-Rua, A., Dusfour, I., Jiolle, D., Paupy, C., Mayanja, M. N., Lut Tags: Microbiology reports Source Type: news
Preventing Vector-Borne Zika Transmission During Pregnancy Preventing Vector-Borne Zika Transmission During Pregnancy
Could certain strategies help effectively prevent the transmission of Zika virus from mosquito bites during pregnancy?Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Johnson & Johnson Initiates Second Global Phase 3 Clinical Trial of its Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate
November 15, 2020 -- The Phase 3 ENSEMBLE study of the single-dose regimen of JNJ-78436735, the investigational vaccine candidate for the prevention of COVID-19 being developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, continues to enroll and vaccinate study participants. ENSEMBLE is proceeding to enroll up to 60,000 participants worldwide.In addition to the single-dose regimen ENSEMBLE study, Janssen has now initiated the two-dose regimen ENSEMBLE 2 trial. ENSEMBLE 2 is a complementary, planned, pivotal, large-scale, multi-country Phase 3 trial that will study the safety and efficacy of a two-dose ...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - November 16, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Our Company Source Type: news
Your Corneas May Be Safe From COVID: Study
Although viruses such as herpes simplex can infect the cornea and Zika has been found in corneal tissue and tears, this does not appear to be the case with COVID-19, according to researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Your Corneas May Be Safe From COVID: Study
FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 -- A new study suggests that COVID-19 doesn ' t infect the eye ' s cornea.
Although viruses such as herpes simplex can infect the cornea and Zika has been found in corneal tissue and tears, this does not appear to be the case with... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 6, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Fighting Zika? Call in the T cells
(La Jolla Institute for Immunology) In a new Science Advances study, Shresta and her colleagues at LJI report that the immune system's T cells have the power to prevent Zika infection in mice. This finding suggests that effective Zika vaccines need to activate T cells to work alongside antibodies. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 4, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Cornea appears to resist infection from novel coronavirus
(Washington University School of Medicine) Some doctors have worried that the novel coronavirus may be able to infect people by getting into their eyes. Viruses such as herpes simplex can infect the eye's cornea and Zika virus has been found in corneal tissue and tears, but new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests the cornea can resist infection from SARS-CoV-2. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 3, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Study reveals factors that can make placenta less capable of protecting fetus from zika
(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) Findings reported by Brazilian researchers in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases help explain why only some babies whose mothers are infected during pregnancy are born with microcephaly and other anomalies. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 27, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
U.K. Plans ‘Challenge Trials,’ Which Will Intentionally Give People COVID-19 to Test Vaccines
On Oct. 20, researchers at the Imperial College of London announced plans for the first human challenge study of COVID-19, which involves deliberately infecting volunteers with the virus that causes the disease, in order to test the effectiveness of vaccines.
The strategy is controversial, as researchers have to weigh the risks of infection against the benefits of learning how well the various vaccine candidates can fight that infection. The strongest argument in favor of the studies has to do with time. If cases of COVID-19 are waning, then the likelihood that people who are vaccinated would get exposed to and potentially...
Source: TIME: Science - October 20, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
U.K. Plans ‘Challenge Trials,’ Which Will Intentionally Give People COVID-19 to Test Vaccines
On Oct. 20, researchers at the Imperial College of London announced plans for the first human challenge study of COVID-19, which involves deliberately infecting volunteers with the virus that causes the disease, in order to test the effectiveness of vaccines.
The strategy is controversial, as researchers have to weigh the risks of infection against the benefits of learning how well the various vaccine candidates can fight that infection. The strongest argument in favor of the studies has to do with time. If cases of COVID-19 are waning, then the likelihood that people who are vaccinated would get exposed to and potentially...
Source: TIME: Health - October 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
What Developing Countries Can Teach Us About How To Respond To a Pandemic
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The post What Developing Countries Can Teach Us About How To Respond To a Pandemic appeared first on Inter Press Service. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Global Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
