Friday, March 10, 2017

Doctors Tie Zika Virus to Heart Problems in Some Adults stat : VOA News

For the first time, doctors have tied infection with the Zika virus to possible new heart problems in adults. Eight of the nine developed a dangerous heart rhythm problem, and six of the nine developed heart failure, which occurs when a weakened heart can't pump enough blood. After a big outbreak in Brazil in 2015, Zika spread throughout Latin America, the Caribbean and elsewhere. She studied nine patients, ages 30 to 64, treated at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Caracas who developed heart symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath and fatigue an average of 10 days after typical Zika symptoms began. The virus also spread locally in parts of southern Florida and Texas last year.



Doctors Tie Zika Virus to Heart Problems in Some Adults
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What You Need to Know About Zika Virus for 2017
A major breakthrough into how and where the Zika virus attacks the body has been made by scientists at Oregon Health and Science University, they announced Thursday. The researchers examined the progression of the virus in seven rhesus macaques at the Oregon National Primate Research Center in Beaverton. "Our study significantly advances what is known about the growth of the virus in the host during the early stages and through more than a month post infection, aspects of Zika virus infection not examined by previous nonhuman primate studies," says Streblow. There have been 5,109 cases of Zika reported in the United States as of March 8, 2017. The researchers say that their work will hopefully lead to therapies and even vaccines.


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