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Recently two events concerning the Zika epidemic coincided: two potential vaccines against the virus were declared a success when used in mice, and Jason Day withdrew from the Olympic Games.
There is no vaccine to prevent or medicine to treat the chikungunya virus infection. The only available method of prevention is through shielding people from mosquito bites.
More people in the U.S. and world will be exposed to the disease-carrying mosquito Aedes aegypti, not just because of warmer temperatures but global population changes as well.
From floods to drought, fire to famine, the 2015-16 El Nino has had a global impact.
From floods to drought, fire to famine, the 2015-16 El Nino has had a global impact.
The outbreak of mosquito-borne Zika virus in South America has cast a shadow over preparations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to be held in Rio de Janerio.
There are a number of stumbling blocks to intra African collaboration. These must be addressed to ensure that research is not duplicated and that findings are shared.
The active ingredient in the gel can bind to various viruses and stop them from attaching and getting into human cells.
A war is raging in your backyard between the “good” and “bad” mosquitoes.
Zika virus may be in the headlines but the burden of other mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue fever, should not be overlooked.
Better access to birth control and safe, legal abortions in Latin America could save lives. But carving out Zika-related exceptions in existing restrictions might not go far enough to achieve this.
How does an institution like the World Bank come to put a price tag on a virus like Zika or any other health calamity?
Aedes aegypti is adapted to live in close proximity with humans, and this close association likely contributes to the severity of the Zika outbreak.
Despite all the hype around Zika, crucial questions remain unanswered. How great is the risk that infection during pregnancy would result in a baby with microcephaly? And what can be done to prevent this?
With limited laboratory capacity and a lack of experts and funding, an outbreak of the Zika virus in Africa could be problematic.
Zika virus and microcephaly are firmly linked, but scientists are still trying to prove that it has caused the condition.
Despite high rates of infection, the Zika outbreak would not have been particularly alarming had it not been for the sudden and – apparently associated – increase in the numbers of infants born with microcephaly.
You might have heard the term flavivirus recently due to the outbreak of Zika virus. Zika, along with West Nile virus, dengue, yellow fever and Japanese encephalitis, belong to this family of virus.
For a fairly non-descript virus Zika continues to surprise us. Zika has hit the headlines yet again with the news that there’s been transmission in Brazil of two cases by blood transfusion.
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Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Adjunct Professor (Practice) in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Epidemiologist, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Professor of Bioethics, Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University, Monash University
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Florida
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Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University
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Assistant Professor of Biology, Texas A&M University-San Antonio
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Professor in Developmental Biology, University of Aberdeen
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Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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PhD candidate, Yale University
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Emeritus Professor of Parasitology, Keele University