The women was infected in Vietnam, a Japanese health ministry official said.
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The DOH made the admission after two additional Zika cases were found in the same household as the 45-year-old woman who was diagnosed last September 5 as the first case of Zika this year and the sixth since 2012. It may provide the best animal model to date to test the efficacy and safety of vaccines and therapies against the virus.
A total of 30 pregnant Thai women with the virus are being monitored, the health ministry said. There was an indication in the magnetic resonance image (MRI) that there was an accumulation of fluid in the brain because of the Zika virus infection.
Last week it was announced that the Ministry of Health has allocated what would be a $30 million annual budget to tackle the spread of the virus.
Wongwat Liewlak, deputy director of the BMA’s health department, said the 22 virus-infected patients found in Sathon have been put into quarantine to ensure they are not bitten by mosquitoes, so as to limit the spread of the disease.
The presence of Aedes agypti mosquitoes, which are capable of transmitting a number of deadly viruses, was confirmed in Cathedral City Monday, according to local vector control officials.
The Zika virus is transmitted by certain types of mosquitoes, including the Aedes egypti mosquito.
Ng said the state has initiated measures to curb the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes, which spreads the both the Zika and the more unsafe dengue viruses, and called on all to help eradicate the vectors.
For the first time, researchers have documented the brain development damage caused by a Zika virus infection during pregnancy, which could be crucial to testing therapeutic interventions.
Malacca has initiated measures to curb the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes, which spreads the both the Zika and the more unsafe dengue viruses, and called on all to help eradicate the vectors.
The Brazos County Health Department is confirming the third case of travel-associated Zika in Brazos County.
Researchers have come one step closer to understanding how the Zika virus affects fetal development. Four subsequent cases were foreigners.
As the number of babies born with microcephaly and brain damage increase, many parents become hopeless about having a great future for their kids. Governments have since warned their citizens about travelling to areas where the Zika virus is spreading actively.
The Zika virus has been known to cause birth defects in pregnant women as CDC has reported that the virus can be passed to the fetus during the pregnancy.
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Researchers have been trying to develop a model of congenital Zika syndrome in nonhuman primates (such as monkeys) because pregnancy in nonhuman primates more closely resembles human pregnancy, compared to pregnancy in other animals such as rodents.
