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WHO says Zika virus infection 'highly likely' to spread in western Pacific region - Xinhua
WHO says Zika virus infection 'highly likely' to spread in western Pacific region - XinhuaMANILA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Zika virus infection is "highly likely to further spread" in the western Pacific region, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, expressing concern over the possibility that complications associated to the virus might increase."It is highly that the region will continue to report cases and possibly new outbreaks of Zika virus infection," the WHO said in a report.The report added, "Considering the uncertainties, the possibility of observing complications associated with Zika virus infection may increase."
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Research findings provide new avenues to target virus infection
Research findings provide new avenues to target virus infection
Viral infection is one of the leading medical challenges of the 21st Century, ranging from the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) epidemic affecting 3% of the global population, to recent outbreaks of West Nile, Zika, and Ebola viruses.Viruses are parasites that lack the basic metabolic machinery needed to replicate.To get around this problem, they hijack the metabolic machinery of their hosts in order to complete their lifecycle and propagate.
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Infant microcephaly caused by Zika virus infection during pregnancy
Infant microcephaly caused by Zika virus infection during pregnancy
In the JournalsCongenital Zika virus infection correlated strongly as a causal link with the microcephaly epidemic in Brazilian infants, according to preliminary study findings."Since the hypothesis that the microcephaly epidemic in Brazil is caused by congenital Zika virus infection was first proposed, there has been an accumulation of evidence supporting the association," Thalia Velho Barreto de Araújo, PhD, from the department of social medicine at Federal University of Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, and colleagues, wrote."The relation between Zika virus and birth defects is strong enough to be deemed causal, but the argument would be stronger if confirmed by at least one case-control study and a cohort study."By request of the Brazilian Ministry of Health, Araújo and colleagues conducted the first prospective, case-control study to investigate the association between in utero Zika virus infection and microcephaly.
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