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Registration Date: 05/24/2016 18:05:40 the amended 05/24/2016 18:05:57 theREPORT CARD Microcephaly: Ministry of Health confirmed 1,434 cases in the countryThe Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday (24), the Report of Epidemiological microcephaly related to week 20 of this year, until 21 May. The new report confirms 1,434 cases of microcephaly and other nervous system disorders, suggestive of congenital infection throughout the country. The report gathers information sent weekly by state health departments. In total, they reported 7,623 suspected cases since the beginning of the investigation, in October 2015, and 3,257 remain under investigation. Other 2,932 were discar…

Now, researchers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, report that they have found the Zika virus in wild-caught A.aegypti. The researchers did not find the virus in other mosquito species they captured in neighborhoods where Zika was spreading, which strengthens the case that A. aegypti is the main vector driving the outbreak. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/top-mosquito-suspect-found-infected-zika

Microcephaly: Ministry of Health confirmed 1,384 cases in the countryThey were disposed of 2,818 cases and 3,332 remain under investigation. Since the beginning of the investigation, in October 2015, 7,534 suspected cases were reported The report Epidemiology of microcephaly released on Wednesday (18) by the Ministry of Health confirmed 1,384 cases of microcephaly and other nervous system disorders, suggestive of congenital infection throughout the country. The report gathers information sent weekly by state health departments until 14 May. A total of 7,534 suspected cases reported since the beginning of the investigation, in October 2015, and 3,332 remain under investiga…

The Brazilian Zika virus strain causes birth defects in experimental modelsNature (2016) doi:10.1038/nature18296Received 08 March 2015 Accepted 04 May 2016 Published online 11 May 2016http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vnfv/ncurrent/full/nature18296.html

Babies with microcephaly cases reach 1,326 in 24 states and the Federal DistrictUOL's in Sao Paulo 05/11/2016 13h23 Listen text 0:00 To print Report errorNacho Doce / Reuters Brazil had 1,326 cases of microcephaly or nervous system damage reported between October 2015 and May 7, according to the Ministry of Health report released on Wednesday (11). Until last week, 1,271 cases were recorded. The surge of children born with neurological problems are associated with zika epidemic virus transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The cases of microcephaly registered in the country occurred in 484 municipalities in 24 states and the Federal District. Only Acre and Santa Cata…

Microcephaly: confirmed cases reach 1,271, according to ministry05/04/2016 | 16:29 The number of confirmed cases of microcephaly in Brazil reached 1,271, according to a new balance of the Ministry announced on Wednesday (4). In all, 7,343 notifications since the beginning of the investigation, on October 22 until 30 April.According to the folder, 2,492 cases were discarded and 3,580 other cases are still being investigated. Of the confirmed cases of microcephaly, 203 tested positive for the virus zika. StatesThe state with the highest number of confirmed cases is still Pernambuco, with 339 cases, followed by Bahia, with 232, Paraíba, with 115, and Maranhão, also with 1…

Transmission of Zika Virus by Platelet Transfusion

Partial Zika envelope 2016 sequences from patient(s) with arthritis.

University of Glasgow releases full 2015 Zika sequence from Recife, Brazil, Brazil/PE243/2015. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KX197192

UCSF researchers have released a series of partial Bahia, Brazil sequence.

Zika may be associated with other neurological diseaseBy: Robério SáMonday | 11.04.2016 at 09:23 error_outlinecommunicate error Estadão In addition to the microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome, Zika virus may be associated with another neurological disease: acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM, in its English acronym), autoimmune syndrome that causes inflammation in the central nervous system. A study in Recife, which will be released on Friday at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, in Vancouver, Canada, found evidence of association between the virus and the ADEM in at least two cases. Scientists have suspected a connection between zika a…

Brazil has 1,198 confirmed cases of microcephaly Of the 7,228 cases reported so far to the Ministry of Health, 3,710 are still under investigation and 2,320 were discarded Until April 23, it was confirmed 1,198 cases of microcephaly and other nervous system disorders, suggestive of congenital infection, throughout the country. In all, 7,228 suspected cases have been reported since the start of the investigation in October 2015, and 2,320 were discarded. Other 3,710 are under investigation. The information is the new epidemiological bulletin of the Ministry of Health, released on Tuesday (26), containing the information passed on by state health departments. Of the total c…

12 of 12 Brazil microcephaly babies had Zika IgM antibodies in spinal fluid. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/new-link-between-zika-and-microcephaly-is-found-in-brazil/

Correspondence Positive IgM for Zika virus in the cerebrospinal fluid of 30 neonates with microcephaly in Brazilhttp://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)30253-7/fulltext

Up to 1,113 cases of microcephaly associated with the Zika virus in BrazilThe number of cases of microcephaly in newborns associated with the Zika virus rose from 944 to 1113 in the last two weeks in Brazil, reported Tuesday the Ministry of Health.2 Up to 1,113 cases of microcephaly associated with the Zika virus in Brazil. referential Photo: consejosdemadre.onlinemarketingage.com. EFE According to the latest epidemiological bulletin, until 9 last April has been confirmed in 189 cases the relationship between microcephaly and zika, while remaining the link between the disease and the virus has not yet been fully confirmed. No However, the Ministry of Health sai…

CORRESPONDENCE Computed Tomographic Findings in Microcephaly Associated with Zika VirusApril 6, 2016DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1603617 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1603617?query=featured_home

NewsCheersregulation Zika in Q1 raises risk of microcephalyPedro.Saude fourth April 6, 2016 - 07:54:13 First results of the Brazil-US partnership are still preliminary; another study shows pregnant rate with symptoms (CCM Health) - The Health Ministry announced on Tuesday (5) the first results of research on the zika virus in partnership with the Disease Control and Prevention Center (CDC) from United States. The study, done in the state of Paraiba, seems to show that infection zika in the first trimester of pregnancy increases the risk of development ofmicrocephaly baby. The federal alert body to the preliminary results, which have yet to be proven.The research, US-…

MICROCEPHALY: study shows that Q1 may be at higher risk for pregnant women Data are from research conducted by the Ministry of Health and the US CDC in Paraiba. The new release are 4,046 cases microcephaly research, 1,046 confirmed and 1,814 discarded The case-control study in Paraíba shows preliminarily that mothers who had the Zika virus in the first trimester of pregnancy were more likely to have children with microcephaly. The Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Government of Paraiba and Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Diseases (CDC) of the United States, continues with the analysis of blood samples collected from the mothers and babies paraibanos…

Zika virus isolate Brazil/2016/INMI1 polyprotein gene, complete cdsGenBank: KU991811.1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/1012128960?report=genbank&log$=nucltop&blast_rank=29&RID=FU55MP1C014

Microcephaly: Ministry of Health investigates 4,291 suspected cases in the country Pernambuco follows as the state with the largest number of microcephaly notifications. Cases already completed, 944 were confirmed and 1,541 discarded.The Ministry of Health is investigating 4,291 suspected cases of microcephaly and other nervous system disorders, suggestive of congenital infection. Cases already completed, 944 were confirmed and 1,541 discarded. Since the beginning of the investigation, in October 2015, it was reported 6,776 suspected cases of microcephaly. Data from epidemiological report from the Ministry of Health are sent weekly by the state departments of Health and w…

Volume 22, Number 6—June 2016DispatchMicrocephaly in Infants, Pernambuco State, Brazil, 2015Microcephaly Epidemic Group http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/6/16-0062_article

Health Outbreak of microcephaly Zika virus Healthcare without Neura 28.03.2016 at 00:30 Experts explain increase in severe cases of microcephaly, 'Zika is thirsting for nervous system' Calcification in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid accumulation in the skull have reached increasingly babies R7 Home Get News On Your Mobile Text: -A + A From R7 * Brazil has already registered 907 cases of babies with microcephaly until March 19 Brazil has already registered 907 cases of babies with microcephaly until March 19 Eduardo Enomoto / R7 "OK, we care, will do what?". With a helpless sigh, Jaqueline Oliveira, 24, told R7 as it was dealing with the fact that his daughter Laura…

UCSF has released a series of Zika and Chikunguya sequences from co-infected patients in Bahia, Brazil.

Isolation of infective Zika virus from urine and saliva of patients in BrazilMyrna C Bonaldo, Ieda P Ribeiro, Noemia S. Lima, Alexandre A. C. Santos,Lidiane S.R. Menezes, Stephanie O.D. Cruz, Iasmim S. Mello, Nathália D. Furtado,Elaine E. Moura, Luana Damasceno, Keli A.B. Silva, Marcia G. Castro, Alexandra L. Gerber, Luiz G.P. Almeida, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Ana Tereza R.Vasconcelos, Patrícia Brasildoi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/045443 http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/03/24/045443