'It's as if we've all forgotten about Zika'


'It's as if we've all forgotten about Zika'
02/08/2017
Stuff.co.nz'It's as if we've all forgotten about Zika'Stuff.co.nzInitially, many feared that the infants would be merely the first wave of Zika victims, with many more to follow. Yet as the virus spread across the Americas and infected hundreds of thousands, it did not inflict the kind of damage seen here in …and more »
Zika And Birth Defects Fears 2017: Why Does Zika Cause Microcephaly And Other Viruses Don't? – Medical Daily
02/08/2017
Medical DailyZika And Birth Defects Fears 2017: Why Does Zika Cause Microcephaly And Other Viruses Don't?Medical DailyIn a new study, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a specific trait in the Zika virus that allows it to cross the placental barrier and infect a fetus. The Zika virus has been associated with …and more »
A bromeliad brouhaha in Miami-Dade as commissioners wilt at targeting buggy plant in Zika fight – Miami Herald
02/08/2017
Miami HeraldA bromeliad brouhaha in Miami-Dade as commissioners wilt at targeting buggy plant in Zika fightMiami HeraldMiami-Dade has spent a year warning about the Zika risks caused by bromeliad plants, whose colorful leaves form mini wells where mosquitoes love to breed. But on Tuesday, commissioners balked at limiting bromeliads in county landscaping as local …
Zika vaccine for women of childbearing age unlikely before 2020, WHO says – FiercePharma
02/07/2017
FiercePharmaZika vaccine for women of childbearing age unlikely before 2020, WHO saysFiercePharmaSince Inovio became the first to test a Zika vaccine in humans, several government agencies and Big Pharmas have either entered the clinic or embarked on the quest. Despite the enormous effort, though, a vaccine for women of childbearing age may not be …
Scientists find clue to why Zika, but not its close relatives, causes birth defects – Science Daily
02/07/2017
Scientists find clue to why Zika, but not its close relatives, causes birth defectsScience DailyWhat may help make the Zika virus particularly infectious in cells that other flaviviruses can't infect, said TSRI Research Associate Audrey Richard, a first author of the study, is that it profits from the built-in function of AXL. "The physiological …

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