Zika virus more common and severe in Canadian travellers than thought, study finds according to : CTV News

But unlike the dengue patients, many of the Zika patients developed serious problems from their infections. Two travellers developed the neurological disorder Guillain–Barré Syndrome, or GBS-like syndrome, a condition that has been linked Zika virus by previous research. Ten per cent of the 41 patients with Zika developed severe complications. Referral bias could have played a role in the high incidence of severe complications, the study authors note. Among the other travellers with Zika infections, 88 per cent developed a rash and 80 per cent had fever.




What rubella Vaccine can teach us about fighting Zika virusScience writer Meredith Wadman says the race to develop the rubella vaccine holds some important lessons for the world today, just as the need to treat the Zika virus heats up. The story of the rubella vaccine has significance today, says Wadman, because vaccine development is still delayed by political wrangling. The healthy cells turned out to be incredibly valuable, being used to develop the rubella vaccine and others. The Vaccine Race by journalist and doctor Meredith Wadman tells the story of the scientists who worked to develop the vaccine. In Feb. 2016, Barack Obama asked Congress for $1.9 billion to hasten the development of a Zika vaccine.

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