Fauci said his projection was based in part on outbreaks in those areas of dengue and chikungunya, mosquito-borne viruses that are genetically related to Zika. But the virus can also be contracted by having unprotected sex with a man who is infected.
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Its findings were published online in the journal “Cell Stem Cell” on Thursday.
Now when it comes to the Zika virus, none of the 13 people in Virginia were infected in the U.S.
The research was a collaboration between Xu Zhiheng, principal investigator at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Qin Chengfeng, a professor of virology at the Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology under the Academy of Military Medical Sciences.
“Miami is leading the state in travel-related cases of the Zika virus and is an worldwide hub for travel, especially for those traveling to Brazil this summer for the Olympics where the virus is spreading rapidly”.
Because the virus can be transmitted through sex, Indiana Blood Center also is asking people who have had sexual contact with a man who has been in a Zika-affected area in the past three months to refrain from donating blood in the 28 days after the sexual encounter. “There will be a mosquito transmission of Zika in the continental United States at some point over the next days, weeks or months and we can not get caught unprepared to deal with its consequences”.
The larvicide used contains “naturally occurring bacteria” approved by the federal EPA and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to kill infant mosquito eggs, according to the agency.
“It was kind of a surprise”, says Zhiheng Xu, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who led the study.
“However, nearly all cell death was found in neurons”. Zika was detected at particularly high levels in the brains of the pups, suggesting the virus homes in on neural tissue.
“It is not a question of if, it is a question of when”, Rubio said of the virus.
Kentucky has had six such cases reported thus far.
Creating even a general mouse model of Zika virus infection has been a challenge because mice aren’t normally susceptible to the virus.
Mujica says when she first returned to the states back in March, she knew something was wrong because she had a fever and rashes all over her body. It is not considered unsafe for most people.
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“We will need more resources to make sure that communities across our country can address a potential outbreak”, Murphy said.
