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Zika virus may linger in babies' blood for months, with unknown effects
Zika virus may linger in babies' blood for months, with unknown effects
Luhandra Vitoria, seen here at 7 months, was born with microcephaly.She sits with her sister Jasminy on June 1, 2016 in Recife, Brazil.(Photo: Mario Tama, Getty Images)The Zika virus may linger in the blood of an infected baby for more than two months, according to a new study from Brazil that raises concerns about the potential of the virus to continue inflicting damage to an infant's brain even after birth.
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Zika virus fears leads to Brooklyn and Queens being 'sprayed with repellent'
Zika virus fears leads to Brooklyn and Queens being 'sprayed with repellent'
Brooklyn officials have launched an intense anti-Zika drive to protect the mosquito-infested borough from an outbreak.The New York City Department of Health has poured $21 million into a three-year project to block out the Zika virus.This week the first measures began: wheeling out trucks into two dozen neighborhoods to spray the streets with repellent.
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Team discovers how Zika virus causes fetal brain damage
Team discovers how Zika virus causes fetal brain damage
Transmission electron microscope image of negative-stained, Fortaleza-strain Zika virus (red), isolated from a microcephaly case in Brazil.The virus is associated with cellular membranes in the center.Credit: NIAID Infection by the Zika virus diverts a key protein necessary for neural cell division in the developing human fetus, thereby causing the birth defect microcephaly, a team of Yale scientists reported Aug. 24 in the journal Cell Reports.
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