referring to huffingtonpost
Study Confirms That Zika Virus Causes Brain Damage In Newborns
Study Confirms That Zika Virus Causes Brain Damage In Newborns
By Kate KellandLONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Early results from a crucial case-control study in Brazil have confirmed a direct causal link between Zika virus infection in pregnant women and the brain damaging birth defect microcephaly in their babies, scientists said on Thursday.But while preliminary findings from the first 32 cases involved in the study confirm causality, the researchers said, the true size of the effect will become clear only after full analysis of all 200 cases and 400 controls.The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, was requested by the Brazilian health ministry to investigate the causes of the microcephaly epidemic that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international public health emergency earlier this year.
in addition nbcnews
This Study Removes Any Doubt Zika Virus Causes Birth Defect
This Study Removes Any Doubt Zika Virus Causes Birth Defect
Brazilian researchers say they've removed any last vestige of doubt that Zika virus infection can cause an abnormally small head in newborns — a birth defect called microcephaly.More than 40 percent of babies born with microcephaly had Zika virus in their bodies, compared to none of the healthy babies born at the same time and in the same place, the team reported.Brazilian researchers say they've compared babies born to mothers infected with Zika to babies born to healthy mothers and found Zika really does cause a birth defect called microcephaly, marked by an unusually small head and underdeveloped brain.
in the same way sputniknews
US State of Florida Distributes Extra $10Mln to Fight Zika Virus
US State of Florida Distributes Extra $10Mln to Fight Zika Virus
© AFP 2016/ Marvin RECINOS 'Substantial Consequences' Hit Businesses Due to Zika Travel WarningsWASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Scott made the announcement after returning from Washington in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade members of Congress to put partisanship aside and pass a Zika funding measure."I will not wait on the federal government to protect Floridians and our visitors.Today, I am authorizing an additional $10 million in state funding to continue combating the Zika virus," Scott said in the release.
in the same way medicaldaily
Zika Virus In Adult Human Eyes, New Study Discovers
Zika Virus In Adult Human Eyes, New Study Discovers
A recent study has shown that the Zika virus can also be found in the human eye, in line with reports that showed links between the infection and eye diseases.In the study, published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association Ophthalmology, researchers from the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health in China tested the eye fluids of six patients — who got infected with Zika while traveling in Venezuela — and found the Zika virus RNA."Here we have some evidence when the adult is infected, it would appear that highly specialized neural tissue is infected," ABC News quoted William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, as saying.
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