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Climate Change Could Tell Us Where Zika Virus Spread Next
2016-01-28 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: It sounds like the plot for a horror movie: A virus with subtle, easily overlooked symptoms (cough, fever, rash) that has the potential to cause serious birth defects and long-term neurological problems is carried by a tiny mosquito thats rapidly spreading throughout the world. Global travel and climate change are creating conditions perfectly designed to increase that mosquitos breeding potential and lengthen its biting season, leading scientists to use the term pandemic to describe the Zika...
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Seneca Valley Virus Shedding Remains Well After Symptoms Clear Up
2016-01-28 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Research conducted on behalf of the Swine Health Information Centre indicates shedding by infected swine of the agent responsible for Seneca Valley Virus will continue for a considerable period after the infection has cleared up, writes Bruce Cochrane.
The Latest: Virginia resident tests positive for Zika virus
2016-01-27 03:38:12| Biotech - Topix.net
The latest on the fight against the Zika virus that health officials suspect is linked to a wave of birth defects in Brazil. : Health officials say a Virginia resident who travelled outside the United States has tested positive for Zika, a mosquito-transmitted virus.
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Women advised to avoid pregnancy as Zika virus spreads
2016-01-25 23:04:07| Biotech - Topix.net
Women advised to avoid pregnancy as Zika virus spreads In El Salvador, authorities have asked women not to get pregnant until 2018. Check out this story on WFAA.com: http://usat.ly/1RJho92 In the past year, Zika has spread from Africa and Asia through the Americas.
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Genetic engineering could thwart the Zika virus, among other mosquito-borne diseases
2016-01-25 18:01:14| Extremetech
With the recent use of genetically engineered mosquitoes in Brazil to halt the spread of the Zika virus, we might be beginning to see some major health improvements as a consequence of the genetics revolution.
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