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Zika spreading by sex more than WHO thought
2016-03-08 23:12:47| Biotech - Topix.net
This 2006 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host. On Friday, Feb. 26, 2015, the U.S. government said Zika infections have been confirmed in nine pregnant women in the United States.
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Google Joins Effort to Stop Zika Virus Spread
2016-03-07 19:46:39| TechNewsWorld
Google last week announced it would contribute $1 million to the UN Children's Fund to support the global fight against the mosquito-borne Zika virus. A team of Google engineers has volunteered to work with UNICEF to analyze data in an effort to figure out the viral infection's path. It also will match employee donations with the goal of giving an extra $500,000.
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BioCryst's Drug For Zika Virus Shows Promise In Mice
2016-03-07 18:44:12| Biotech - Topix.net
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Monday a dose of its experimental antiviral drug improved survival rates in mice infected with the Zika virus in a preclinical study. Two doses of the drug, BCX443, were tested against a placebo and an oral antiviral called ribavarin for their effect on survival of immune-deficient mice infected with Zika.
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First case of Zika virus detected in Philippines since 2012
2016-03-06 22:18:17| Biotech - Topix.net
An American woman was infected with the Zika virus while visiting the Philippines, health department officials said Sunday, the first case detected in the country for several years. Health Secretary Janette Garin said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had informed her that a US resident who stayed in the Philippines for four weeks in January had apparently developed symptoms in her last week before returning to America.
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Climate Information Key Weapon in Fight Against Zika
2016-03-05 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In the Caribbean island state of Barbados, rainwater collection has been promoted as a way to boost scarce supplies of fresh water. But there's a catch: environmental health officers then reported an increase in mosquitoes breeding in household water storage tanks. In a country battling a high rate of dengue fever and some recently detected cases of Zika, controlling the population of the Aedes aegypti mosquito -- which transmits both viruses to humans -- is a high priority. Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum,...
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