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  1. Oct 29
  2. Oct 28

    Zika virus can be transmitted to humans via mosquitos, and potentially could be combatted by infecting mosquitoes with wolbachia - an insect parasite!

  3. Oct 29
  4. Zika virus infection in Kanpur rose to four after three more people were found infected with the virus on Saturday. The first case of virus was recorded on October 24 after an Indian Air Force () personnel tested positive for the disease in .

  5. 8 hours ago

    We should be careful about female mosquitos for preventing and other !

  6. Oct 23

    🦟🦠 Extrinsic Incubation Period (EIP) is one of the most influential determinants of a ’s ability to transmit a 👉🏻 The competence for virus observed in both species may contribute to high rates of ZIKV transmission in populations

  7. Have you ever wondered why is capitalized? Its name comes from the Zika Forest of Uganda, the place where the virus was first identified among local monkeys in 1947.

  8. Oct 28

    Informative and timely seminar today from about the use of statistical modelling to understand and forecast the spread and transmission of infectious disease, focussing on work on the virus in 2016.

  9. 17 hours ago
  10. Oct 23

    Amy Proal, PhD "The million dollar question is Why? Why do some patients go on to develop long term, chronic symptoms.

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  11. 13 hours ago

    Are you prepared to Avoid the Zika Virus from Minnesota Mosquitoes this summer?

  12. Oct 25

    This is a serious issue.. virus is said to cause birth defects..

  13. Oct 26

    Virus update from A team of Govt of India officials and UP Govt officials on Tuesday had an on-ground inspection of the situation. Kanpur Division Commissioner Raj Shekhar speaking to Health Officials after a visit.

  14. Oct 29
  15. Oct 24

    Families struggling with the legacy of Zika feel abandoned by science

  16. Oct 29

    Facts about the Zika virus: 1. Related to dengue and yellow fever 2. Transmitted through mosquitos 3. Two types of transmission consist of vertical transmission (from mother to child) and sexual transmission

  17. Oct 28

    It was discovered that the virus caused microcephaly after a peak in this condition took place 6-8 months following a peak in Zika virus in South America

  18. Oct 29

    Interesting talk @PierreNouvellet about the in Latin America. Congenital Zika Syndrome is a range of defects and disabilities in babies infected in utero including .

    Graph illustrating link between Zika infection and microcephaly in Colombia (slide: Pierre Nouvellet)

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