Zika virus infection News
The risk of Zika virus continues to increase in UP, the cases of this virus in UP are about to reach 100. The health department is taking all necessary precautions. Doctors believe that caution is necessary to avoid Zika.
Rapid and promising progress has been made towards Zika vaccines, but they have been made either from an inactivated version of the Zika virus or subunits of the virus.
The research shows that Zika infection provides excellent protection against reinfection.
South Korea has confirmed another case of the Zika virus infection, raising the number of people infected with the virus here to 14, health authorities said Saturday.
The methodologies currently available to the public health system and private labs and hospitals may also produce false positives for dengue in patients with Zika because the two viruses are so similar.
Nicolsamide, a US Food and Drug Administration approved drug already used to combat parasitic infections by tapeworms, showed no danger to pregnant women in animal studies.
Researchers from Brazil's Recife, the city at the centre of the Zika epidemic, believe there may also be a link between Zika infection and a severe joint condition.
Global health officials have said that the Zika virus, which has been linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, is rapidly spreading in the Americas and could infect 3 million to 4 million people. The race is on to develop a Zika vaccine.
Global health officials say the Zika virus, linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, is spreading rapidly in the Americas and could infect 3 million to 4 million people. The race is on to develop a Zika vaccine.
The World Health Organization has warned that Zika virus is "spreading explosively" and may cause up to 4 million cases in the Americas.
The Zika virus disease, which is a mosquito-borne viral infection, has been linked to babies being born with underdeveloped brains.
Zika virus is transmitted to people through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito.
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