Zika Virus

REPORT Zika virus in the Americas: Early epidemiological and genetic findings http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2016/03/23/science.aaf5036

Zika situation report24 March 2016Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndromehttp://who.int/emergencies/zika-virus/situation-report/24-march-2016/en/

Active Zika found in saliva and urineBy James GallagherHealth editor, BBC News websitehttp://www.bbc.com/news/health-35501491

Brief ReportSwitch to Standard View Zika Virus Infects Human Cortical Neural Progenitors and Attenuates Their Growthhttp://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(16)00106-5

WHO Media Advisory/7 18 March 2016 INVITATION TO A VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE Update on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations WHAT: WHO Virtual Press Conference The Director- General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Margaret Chan, will update on the recent work of the Organization on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations. WHO has recently convened several expert meetings to identify gaps in knowledge about Zika virus, potentially related complications, effective interventions, and areas of needed research and technologies. The panels have also identified partners…

Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Thalia Velho Barreto Araújo, Maria Angela Wanderley Rocha, Regina Coeli Ferreira Ramos, Rafael Dhalia, Rafael Freitas de Oliveira França, Ernesto Torres de Azevedo Marques Júnior, and Laura Cunha Rodrigues. Initial Description of the Presumed Congenital Zika Syndrome. American Journal of Public Health: April 2016, Vol. 106, No. 4, pp. 598-600.doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303115 Accepted on: Feb 3, 2016 Initial Description of the Presumed Congenital Zika Syndrome http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303115

Tomorrow's MMWR for week 9 cites 193 Zika cases in the United States. http://wonder.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_2016.asp?mmwr_year=2016&mmwr_week=09&mmwr_table=1&request=Submit&mmwr_location=

WHO Media Advisory 7 March 2016 Second Meeting of the International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee concerning Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations On Tuesday, 8 March 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) is convening the Emergency Committee (EC) on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) for the second time. The EC is being convened five weeks after its first meeting due to the growing strength of evidence about Zika and the virus’s association with microcephaly and Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). The EC …

Questions regarding Zika in the US

Teratogenic effects of the Zika virus and the role of the placentahttp://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)00650-4/fulltext

The Zika Crisis Latest Findings https://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/events/the-zika-crisis/

Zika Virus: Medical Countermeasure Development Challengeshttp://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0004530

Guillain-Barré Syndrome outbreak associated with Zika virus infection in French Polynesia: a case-control studyhttp://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)00562-6/fulltext

Zika-affected Areas Recommend on FacebookTweetWhere has Zika virus been found?Prior to 2015, Zika virus outbreaks have occurred in areas of Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands.In May 2015, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an alert regarding the first confirmed Zika virus infections in Brazil.Currently, outbreaks are occurring in many countries.Zika virus will continue to spread and it will be difficult to determine how the virus will spread over time.For the latest Travel Notice InformationZika in the United States and its territories: No locally transmitted Zika cases have been reported in the continental United States, but cases have been r…

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Global scientific community commits to sharing data on Zika10 February 2016 Leading global health bodies including academic journals, NGOs, research funders and institutes, have committed to sharing data and results relevant to the current Zika crisis and future public health emergencies as rapidly and openly as possible.Organisations including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Médecins Sans Frontières, the US National Institute of Health and the Wellcome Trust, along with leading academic journals including Nature, Science and the New England Journal of Medicine, have signed a joint declaration and hope that other bodies will come on board in the coming weeks. The s…

CDC Emergency Operations Center At Level 1 For Zika Response press release.

CDC issues Interim Guidelines for Preventing Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus and Updated Interim Guidelines for Health Care Providers Caring for Pregnant Women and Women of Reproductive Age with Possible Zika Virus Exposure Recommend on FacebookTweetMedia StatementEmbargoed Until: Friday, February 5, 2016, 11:00am EST Contact: Media Relations, (404) 639-3286 http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/s0205-zika-interim-guidelines.html

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News Americas Now has put out a list of Zika Cases as of January 29th, 2016.