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Zika virus unlikely to infect same person twice

October 16, 2016 Srijita'Same, infect, person, to, Twice, unlikely, virus, Zika

You are unlikely to get Zika fever twice as new research bolsters the belief that people infected with the virus may not be susceptible to it again. “The research shows that infection provides excellent protection against reinfection,” said one of the researchers Stephen Higgs, Director of the Biosecurity Research Institute, at Kansas State University in the US. “This means people infected during this current epidemic will likely not be susceptible again. When a large proportion of the population is protected — known as herd immunity — the risk of future…

Zika Virus Damage Can Mislead Parents, Experts Say

September 28, 2016 SrijitaCan, damage, Experts, Mislead, Parents, Say, virus, Zika

The 2-month-old baby looks exceptional. She’s crawling forward at an age when most infants cannot even roll over. Another tiny infant sits straight up when her foot is tickled. Sometimes the parents are pleased, and see these behaviors as a sign that Zika may not have damaged their babies as badly as they feared. Alice Vitoria Gomes Bezerra, who has microcephaly, is held by her mother Nadja Cristina Gomes Bezerra in Recife, Brazil. Mario Tama / Getty Images But in fact, these reflexes are a sign of the profound mess…

HIV patients with undetectable virus unlikely to infect partner

July 14, 2016 SrijitaHIV, infect, partner, Patients:, to, undetectable, unlikely, virus, With

This good news bolsters the role of HIV treatment as a form of prevention, said lead author Dr. Alison Rodger … Read More When drugs for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) suppress the virus in the blood to very low levels, patients are unlikely to infect their partners during condomless sex, suggests a new study. After following nearly 900 heterosexual and gay couples for an average of 16 months, researchers found no evidence that uninfected partners became infected after condomless sex with an HIV-positive partner with viral suppression. This good news…

Chikungunya virus is transmitted across mosquito generations: Study

July 13, 2016 Srijitaacross, Chikungunya, generations:, Is, mosquito, Study, transmitted, virus

Researchers in New Delhi have found that “Aedes aegypti” mosquitoes that transmit the chikungunya virus, pass it on to their offspring — a feature that allows these mosquitoes to maintain the virus within their population for generations. In other words, mosquitoes emerging from eggs laid by infected Aedes also carry the virus, thus enabling the virus to keep circulating in nature. A team from the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), National Institute of Malaria Research and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has reported this finding…

Zika virus related to unreported eye troubles in infants

May 26, 2016 SrijitaEye, In, Infants, related, to, troubles, unreported, virus, Zika

A group of ophthalmologists has determined formerly unreported eye issues in toddlers born to mothers who confirmed signs and symptoms of Zika virus contamination for the duration of pregnancy. The researchers from Brazil and Stanford university determined unreported eye problems like retinal lesions, haemorrhaging and odd blood vessel improvement in 3 Brazilian babies with microcephaly — a beginning disorder marked by smaller head and mind length resulting from Zika virus. besides those observations, the toddlers on this have a look at — published inside the magazine Ophthalmology — also exhibited…

‘Hepatitis C virus can manage liver cancer’ claims Mumbai based totally homeopath

May 22, 2016 Srijita'Hepatitis, Based, C, Can, Cancer, Claims, homeopath, liver, Manage, Mumbai, totally, virus

Acity homeopath has published a look at in an international scientific magazine at the anti-most cancers impact of a brand new homeopathic medicinal drug prepared from Hepatitis Cvirus in a laboratory version. there is, at present, scepticism over the efficacy of homeopathy , with many international journals having known as it a “placebo” effect. “but the look at published in Elsevier’s journal of Integrative remedy shows that our Hepatitis C virus-primarily based medicinal drug effectively destroyed live most cancers cells wit hin a lab placing,” stated homeopath Rajesh Shah. The…