Neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies protect Zika contagion in macaques

The recent Zika epidemic & ensuing fetal consequences caught the world off guard. Scientists are This time scrambling for data on Zika detection, treatment, & prevention. Passive immunity provided by monoclonal antibodies offers an attractive alternative to traditional vaccines, because it can be generated relatively quickly. Administration of these antibodies completely prevented nonhuman primates from becoming infective by Zika virus, suggesting which such a cocktail can be used to protect Zika contagions in people. AbstractTherapies to protect maternal Zika (ZIKV) contagion & its subsequent fetal developmental Disorders are urgently required.

Promising Zika virus drug protects contagion in monkeys

A possibility drug to protect Zika virus contagion has been disclosed with a team including scholars at The Scripps study Institute. Zika virus derived from a pregnant lady was used to infect 8 monkeys. Zika virus is spread with the Aedes aegypti species of mosquito. Zika contagion runs an unpredictable course. (July 28, 2017) (Sign up for our toll free vidimus newsletter here http://bit.ly/2n6VKPR)bradley.fikes@sduniontribune.com(619) 293-1020

Hopes for premier Zika virus pollen in sight after antibody cocktail halts contagion in monkeys

as mentioned in A cocktail of 3 antibodies has shown pledge in protecting Zika contagion in monkeys, & moves following into trials in humans, investigators said on Wednesday. The mosquito-borne Zika swept across Latin America, the Caribbean & southern U.S. in 2015 & 2016, sparking a universal health contingency because of its ability to cause brain-related birth defects. While the menace posed by Zika has subsided because people cannot become infective twice, investigators are pressing on by attempts to develop the premier pollen to protect Zika contagion & its generality dangerous complication, microcephaly in fetuses & babies. "This is a pledging intervention to protect & treat Zika contagion during pregnancy," said David Watkins, a professor at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine. Four monkeys which weren't given the antibodies before being exposed to Zika became ill by the virus for 7 days.

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