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Zika Virus In Arkansas
Posted on 1/26/16 at 5:13 pm
Posted on 1/26/16 at 5:13 pm
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The Arkansas Department of Health says a person who recently traveled out of the United States has tested positive for the Zika virus.
The department says that the person has a mild case of Zika, which is spread by mosquitoes and is suspected of causing a spate of birth defects in Brazil. Spokeswoman Meg Mirivel would not say whether Tuesday if the infected person is a man or woman or give the person's age.
Mirivel says the individual traveled to the Central America-Caribbean region, though she would not specify which country. Some U.S. travelers have been infected abroad with Zika but there are no cases of local infection in the U.S. so far.
Brazilian officials have linked the virus with a rare birth defect, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have urged pregnant women to consider postponing flights to areas where the virus is prevalent.
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Posted on 1/27/16 at 9:16 pm to pioneerbasketball
Nvm
This post was edited on 1/28/16 at 8:53 am
Posted on 1/28/16 at 6:38 am to johnzorback
You can't transfer genes bruh, this isn't a comic book it's real life. Maybe a little brush up of biology eh?
Posted on 1/28/16 at 6:46 am to johnzorback
Lmao please don't link to Mercola, that guy is a quack. Mosquitoes don't insert DNA into the human genome. The birth defects are caused by a virus that mosquitoes carry, and viruses can insert DNA. That's how viruses work.
Seriously how is a mosquito going to insert it's DNA? Do yo understand cell biology at all?
Edit: and Zika virus has been known for many decades and the current pandemic began years before the release of any GM mosquitoes. Yet again, ignorance and pseudoscience fuels anti-GMO anxieties
Seriously how is a mosquito going to insert it's DNA? Do yo understand cell biology at all?
Edit: and Zika virus has been known for many decades and the current pandemic began years before the release of any GM mosquitoes. Yet again, ignorance and pseudoscience fuels anti-GMO anxieties
This post was edited on 1/28/16 at 6:52 am
Posted on 1/28/16 at 6:57 am to Hog on the Hill
Here comes pigfeet...
Posted on 1/28/16 at 7:30 am to Hog on the Hill
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Seriously how is a mosquito going to insert it's DNA?
The same way I do
Posted on 1/28/16 at 10:37 am to pioneerbasketball
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Here comes pigfeet...
OXITEC
Posted on 1/28/16 at 11:10 am to pioneerbasketball
Posted on 2/1/16 at 2:47 pm to pioneerbasketball
WHO declares Zika Virus an ‘International Emergency
The World Health Organization announced Monday that the spread of the Zika virus in the Americas is an “extraordinary event” that merits the classification of “international emergency.” WHO has declared the mosquito-borne virus an international public health emergency.
The last such public health emergency was declared for the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which killed more than 11,000 people.
At an emergency meeting of independent experts in Geneva, director general Dr. Margaret Chan said that an international response is needed to minimize the threat in infected countries and reduce the risk of international spread.
Emergency declarations like the one issued today are usually ordered in an effort to immediately increase money and efforts to stop an outbreak, and prompt research into possible treatments and vaccines.?
Chan is urging people to delay their travels to affected regions if possible: “If they need to travel, they can get advice from their physician and take personal protective measures, like wearing long sleeves and shirts and pants and use mosquito repellent.”
WHO estimates there will be up to 4 million cases of Zika in the Americas in the next year, no recommendations have been made however, to restrict travel or trade.
Wow, 4 million in the Americas
The World Health Organization announced Monday that the spread of the Zika virus in the Americas is an “extraordinary event” that merits the classification of “international emergency.” WHO has declared the mosquito-borne virus an international public health emergency.
The last such public health emergency was declared for the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which killed more than 11,000 people.
At an emergency meeting of independent experts in Geneva, director general Dr. Margaret Chan said that an international response is needed to minimize the threat in infected countries and reduce the risk of international spread.
Emergency declarations like the one issued today are usually ordered in an effort to immediately increase money and efforts to stop an outbreak, and prompt research into possible treatments and vaccines.?
Chan is urging people to delay their travels to affected regions if possible: “If they need to travel, they can get advice from their physician and take personal protective measures, like wearing long sleeves and shirts and pants and use mosquito repellent.”
WHO estimates there will be up to 4 million cases of Zika in the Americas in the next year, no recommendations have been made however, to restrict travel or trade.
Wow, 4 million in the Americas
This post was edited on 2/1/16 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 2/1/16 at 2:51 pm to Pigfeet
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In most cases, the illness is mild with symptoms lasting less than a week. A possible link between Zika virus infection in pregnant women and subsequent birth defects is being investigated.
Don't get pregnant, guys
Posted on 2/2/16 at 2:17 pm to The_Joker
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Don't get pregnant, guys
Update: Zika Virus Confirmed in Dallas County, Spread Through Sexual Contact: Dallas County Health
The first locally transmitted case of Zika virus has been confirmed Tuesday in Dallas County. The patient was infected through sexual contact, not through a mosquito bite, according to county health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Posted on 2/2/16 at 3:14 pm to Pigfeet
No sexual contact, no problem.
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