State goes lax on Zika surveillance – Times of India


State goes lax on Zika surveillance – Times of India
09/04/2017
State goes lax on Zika surveillanceTimes of IndiaAhmedabad: The city recorded the first three Zika positive cases in India, between November 2016 and April 2017. The state health department went into overdrive and sent 2,441 blood smear samples to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune in …
Researchers Create Innovative Approach to Identifying Zika Virus
09/04/2017
Contagionlive.comResearchers Create Innovative Approach to Identifying Zika VirusContagionlive.comFor the study, the researchers looked at 3-month postnatal saliva samples from a 25-year-old women, “clinically diagnosed with Zika fever in the first trimester,” according to the study, and her dizygotic twins. (The mother had been infected with Zika …
Daily briefing: North Korean missile tensions, bitcoin's China challenge, the Rouhanicare revolution – Financial Times
09/04/2017
Financial TimesDaily briefing: North Korean missile tensions, bitcoin's China challenge, the Rouhanicare revolutionFinancial TimesThe virus caused widespread illness and fear when it exploded in the Americas in 2016, but it has virtually disappeared from the continental US. Dramatic declines in the numbers of new Zika cases have also been noted in South and Central America. Why?and more »
Brownsville Removed From CDC “Cautionary” Zika Zone – kurv
09/04/2017
kurvBrownsville Removed From CDC “Cautionary” Zika ZonekurvThe city of Brownsville is no longer a federal “cautionary area” for the Zika virus. The designation has been lifted by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention along with the Texas Department of Health Services. The action was taken …
AgriLife Extension offers tips for avoiding Zika – Alice Echo News-Journal
08/31/2017
AgriLife Extension offers tips for avoiding ZikaAlice Echo News-JournalThe mosquito-transmitted Zika virus is a potential threat to the health of unborn babies in Texas and other states, and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has stepped up efforts to educate the public on ways to protect themselves from this new …and more »

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