In its Interim Guidance Update on the prevention of the sexual transmission of Zika, the World Health Organization extended its recommendation on safe sex from eight weeks to six months after “current evidence on the persistence of the virus” in semen and other body fluids.
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In conducting the study, researchers infected mice under the skin, similar to the way a human would be infected by a mosquito.
Senior author Professor Dr Michael Diamond said: “The Zika epidemic has been very explosive, more explosive than we can account for by just mosquitoes and the level of Zika virus in human blood”.
Indonesia cannot afford to thoroughly check for a possible Zika outbreak, a health ministry official said, as Southeast Asia’s most populous country must focus on fighting dengue, a potentially fatal virus also carried by mosquitoes.
About a third of babies who acquire the infection in the utero present eye disease in the form of optic nerve inflammation, damage to the retina or blindness.
Meanwhile, health officials here in IN are tracking a mosquito that has the potential to carry Zika and has already been found around the state.
“Even though we didn’t find live virus in mouse tears, that doesn’t mean that it couldn’t be infectious in humans”, said Dr. Jonathan Miner, lead author. Thus, individuals infected could potentially spread the virus via tears, apart from mosquito bites and sexual contact.
One possibility for the discrepancy in the two studies is that Culex mosquitoes in Recife may have a genetic variation that makes them different from those in Rio or elsewhere, the Fiocruz institute said. This news story is related to Latest/148444-Zika-virus-found-in-tears-of-mice-US-study/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne.
Scientists discovered earlier this year that the virus can live longer than previously thought in a person’s blood or bodily fluids, which is why people are now being advised to practice safe sex or abstain completely for six months. By those calculations, Zika, they say, is moving unusually fast.
In Florida, the Zika virus has raised alarm among some school officials, prompting bug spray giveaways and stepped up mosquito-control efforts on school grounds. Health officials say that small number makes is very hard for a mosquito to pick up the virus.
China will offer Zika health screenings for travellers from Singapore and other affected countries, the quarantine bureau said on Wednesday (Sept 7), without explaining whether the tests would be compulsory. The mouse eye could be used to test anti-Zika drugs.
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There are steps you can take to protect yourself and help prevent the spread of Zika in Georgia. If the virus lingers in the eye, this could have serious effects on corneal transplants since the virus can spread from the donor to the recipient during the procedure. The virus’ genetic material was also identified in tears. The School of Medicine is one of the leading medical research, teaching and patient-care institutions in the nation, now ranked sixth in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
