It added that this is of concern due to the association between the Zika virus infection and adverse pregnancy and fetal outcomes, including microcephaly – a condition in which babies are born with abnormally small heads – neurological complications and Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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During a weekly press forum organized by the Association of Government Information Officers (AGIO) 7 yesterday, Baton said six people, including four foreigners who visited the country, have tested positive of the Zika virus. Scientists say it is not known whether the infection can be spread in humans through tears.
When investigators tried to infect a group of rodents that did not have Zika with the tears of infected mice, they were unable to do so. The quick spread of cases across Latin America indicates that mosquitoes are probably not the only culprit.
Further studies on people infected with Zika are being planned, according to researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Eye infection raises the possibility that people could become infected with Zika through contact with tears from infected people, they said. When tested 28 days later, the tears of infected mice contained genetic material from the virus, but not infectious virus.
“The politics of Zika are garbage right now”, the Florida lawmaker said in a short, angry speech condemning Congress for failing to pass legislation providing $1.1 billion to combat the mosquito-borne virus.
The researchers now are planning complementary studies in human patients infected with the virus.
Zika is disperse in bodily fluids.
THERE are now ten confirmed cases of Zika in New Providence, with Chief Medical Officer Dr Glenn Beneby reporting yesterday that two more women have contracted the virus. Researchers also think that women can transmit the virus to their partners and have cautioned previously that women having sex with other women should also practice safe sex if they’ve possibly been exposed to Zika.
While the virus is being transmitted by mosquitoes in approximately 50 countries and two areas in Florida the mosquito species that carries the virus has not been found in MS since the early 1990s.
The immune system is less active in the eye in order to avoid accidental damage to sensitive tissues responsible for vision when the body is fighting an infection.
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All Chinese ports have been instructed to keep a close eye on the Zika situation in Singapore and to boost health checks on passengers arriving from the city state.
