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Argentine and Brazilian doctors name larvicide as potential cause of microcephaly
Argentine and Brazilian doctors name larvicide as potential cause of microcephaly
Argentine and Brazilian doctors suspect mosquito insecticide as cause of microcephaly - The Ecologist
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"This pesticide, Pyriproxyfen, is used in a state-controlled programme aimed at eradicating disease-carrying mosquitos. The Physicians added that the Pyriproxyfen is manufactured by Sumitomo Chemical, a Japanese 'strategic partner' of Monsanto."
Well there's a surprise.
well this will be an easy one to work out. stats will give the answer and the evangelists will ignore it in favour of believing what would like to be true, must be true.
If its caused by the chemicals, then we will see an increase in microcephaly in mothers with and without a history of zika infection. we are unlikely to see a correlation between the stage of pregnancy when infected with zika and microcephaly.
if its caused by th virus, then one would expect to find the virus in the brain.... which they now have
Brazil finds Zika in microcephaly babies' brains
Brazilian researchers said Monday that the discovery of Zika in the brains of babies with microcephaly adds to growing evidence of a link between the mosquito-transmitted virus and the birth defect.
"We have detected its presence in the brain tissue," Lucia Noronha, a pathologist from the Brazilian Society of Pathology, told AFP.
"The Zika virus caused brain damage and that reinforces evidence of a relationship between Zika and microcephaly," she said.
Earlier, Noronha's team at the PUC-Parana University was the first to discover Zika in the amniotic fluid of pregnant women -- raising alarm over a link between the virus and microcephalic babies, who are born with damaged brains and abnormally small heads.
"We received samples of brain tissue from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. They're the same samples that were sent to the United States, where researchers at the Centers for Disease Control came to the same conclusion: that there is Zika in the fetus' brain," she said.
Brazil is hardest hit by a huge outbreak of Zika, with some 1.5 million people infected. Although in most cases there are few symptoms, the fear is that pregnant women who become infected risk having babies with the birth defect.
The Health Ministry says that between October and February there were 462 cases of microcephaly, up from an average of 150 previously. Another 3,852 cases are suspected.
Brazil finds Zika in microcephaly babies' brains
Colombia reports 37,000 Zika cases, over 6,300 in pregnant women
Colombia has now registered more than 37,000 cases of people infected with Zika, including more than 6,300 pregnant women, the country's National Institute of Health reported Saturday.
The latest count, based on data reported as of February 13, reflects an increase of 5,456 cases of the mosquito-borne virus in the last week for which data is available.
The rapid spread of the virus has raised alarms in Latin America because it has been tentatively linked to a serious birth defect known as microcephaly in babies born to women who became infected while pregnant.
Microcephaly is an irreversible condition in which a baby is born with an abnormally small head and brain.
The Institute said 6,356 of the 37,011 Zika cases recorded so far involve pregnant women.
Laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of Zika in 522 of those cases.
Clinical exams were used to identify 30,148 Zika cases in Colombia. Laboratory tests confirmed infections in 1,612 cases, and 5,251 were listed as suspected Zika infections.
Colombia has reported the largest number of cases in Latin America after Brazil, where the outbreak was first detected last year and where 1.5 million Zika cases have been reported.
Health authorities project that more than 600,000 people will be infected with the Zika virus this year in Colombia, and expect there will be more than 500 cases of microcephaly if trends seen in Brazil are borne out.
The Colombian health ministry also has reported three deaths from Guillain-Barre syndrome, a neurological disorder that is also suspected of being linked to the virus.
Colombia reports 37,000 Zika cases, over 6,300 in pregnant women
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Tentatively! The linkers are not employed by big pharma companies are they? Do they have a new drug they wish to conduct experiments with on poor brown babies?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hans Mann
How many of the 37,000 cases or the 6,300 pregnant woman or babies have actually been diagnosed as being microcephaly infected.
well ohoh if you could read and do that 'comprehension' thing.... then you would have got the answers to your question in the last four posts.
But then the information would not have been much use to you as it would have informed you that your spouting bollocks as usual.... which lets face it, is the only talent you have in this world.
You are absolutely right, I should have continued to read the post.Quote:
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I apologies for not starting at the beginning and read every post.
I must conform to the forum standards.
I must conform to the forum standards.
I must conform to the forum standards.
I must conform to the forum standards.
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So a less than 1.5% chance of getting the head shrinking bug in Columbia. How does that compare with other equally distressing birth defects?
"There are more than 4,000 different kinds of birth defects, ranging from minor ones that need no treatment to serious ones that cause disabilities or require medical or surgical treatment. According to the March of Dimes, 1 out of every 33 babies born each year in the United States has a birth defect."
So 3% in Ameristan., and I would imagine that Ameristani parents:
1. Have access to a comprehensive healthcare system,
2. Have access to higher quality of food
3. Have the ability opportunity to terminate a suspect pregnancy
4. Have access to a more comprehensive education system
5. Are maybe not the same racial group. Some problems affect different racial groups disproportionately
So is this a problem and if so who for? A few hundred babies a year. Is that a global problem?
Are the authorities using the same sampling/surveying techniques? Maybe because somebody wants this problem to be huge there has been a change of "procedures". Have any "trials" of new "inoculation" drugs been recently undertaken and by whom?Quote:
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Are you waffling on again without knowing what the fuck you are on about?
1.5% affected by one single factor is an enormous percentage.
Which is why the WHO have escalated this.
Although being born with a tiny, semifunctional brain doesn't seem to have hindered you at all.
who suggested the whole thread, just the last 4 would have answered your questions.... may be 30 lines of text and one or two articles. Then you might have learnt a little bit about what is going in the real world... rather than the one inside your tiny mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by OhOh
Those suggesting the tentative link were doing so based on observations, rather than dreaming it up as a convent truth. As this is why you do all the time, one can understand why you might what to believe everybody else does the same.
Given that the small number of brain tissue samples taken from affected babies have all been shown to be infected with the virus.... the link is far from tentative.
As for the rest of the rant, i guess its huff and bluster to distract your self from the reality of your foolishness.
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Zika crisis to 'get worse before it gets better': WHO chief
The Zika virus, believed to be linked to the serious birth defect microcephaly, presents a "formidable" challenge that will be hard to stamp out, World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan said Wednesday.
"Things could get worse before it gets better," she said in Rio de Janeiro after a fact-finding mission to Brazil, the epicenter of the global health scare.
Chan said part of the challenge in fighting the mosquito-borne virus was the fact that it is so "mysterious." Even the link to microcephaly remains not fully proven.
"We are dealing with a tricky virus, full of uncertainties, so we should be prepared for surprises," she said.
Chan praised the Brazilian government's efforts to stamp out mosquitoes and its coordination with various international bodies, including the WHO and the International Olympic Movement, ahead of the Summer Games in Rio this August.
Brazil is the main focus of a Zika outbreak, with 1.5 million people infected, and authorities have also recorded a spike in microcephaly, a congenital condition that causes abnormally small heads and hampers brain development.
On Tuesday, Brazil's health ministry reported 583 confirmed cases of babies with microcephaly since October, compared to an annual average of 150.
That was a 14.7 percent rise over the number of confirmed cases the previous week, and authorities were investigating another 4,107 possible cases.
An estimated 120 babies have died due to the birth defect, the ministry said.
Zika crisis to 'get worse before it gets better': WHO chief
Until this week, most people living north of Mexico had the luxury of watching the Zika virus do its worst from a distance—while alarming, the outbreak felt remote. After all, the only Americans catching the virus were those who had the misfortune of being bitten by an Aedes mosquito while visiting an infected country.
That peace of mind was shattered on Tuesday when officials in Dallas reported the outbreak’s first known case of sexual transmission in the United States. We now know that someone contracted the virus after having sex with an infected patient in Texas. We no longer need mosquitoes to spread the scourge—we can do it all on our own.
But what does it really mean for Zika to be loose in the country as a “sexually transmitted disease”? Do people need to start asking their Tinder dates if they’ve recently visited one of the 26 infected countries?
While strikingly little is known about Zika—scientists are furiously working to learn more about everything from transmission to treatment—we do know that the virus can spread through sperm, and that individuals who plan on having sex with people who may be at risk should definitely wear a condom.
Zika virus can be sexually transmitted?are you at risk? | Fusion
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On Tuesday, Brazil's health ministry reported 583 confirmed cases of babies with microcephaly since October, compared to an annual average of 150.
That was a 14.7 percent rise over the number of confirmed cases the previous week, and authorities were investigating another 4,107 possible cases.
Let's hope it's only seasonal.
Japan confirms first case of Zika
The health ministry said Thursday it has confirmed the first case of the Zika virus in Japan since its spread in Latin America was detected last year.
The mosquito-borne virus was detected in a male teenager in Kanagawa Prefecture who had recently stayed in Brazil, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said. The nationality of the teenager was not disclosed.
“There’s no fear of spread in Japan because mosquitoes are dormant (in winter),” a ministry official said at a news conference.
By raising alert levels and making reports on potential cases mandatory, Japan has beefed up efforts to keep the virus at bay since the World Health Organization declared its spread overseas a global public health emergency on Feb. 1.
In Japan, three people were diagnosed with the Zika virus in 2013 and 2014 after returning from the French Polynesian island of Bora Bora and Thailand.
The teen in Thursday’s case was confirmed infected by testing at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
According to NHK, the teenager visited a hospital in Kanagawa on Thursday complaining of a fever and a rash. He had been in Brazil until Saturday. Although he had a fever of nearly 38 degrees on Saturday, it was not detected by a thermographic inspection at the quarantine station when he arrived in Japan, the ministry said.
While the Zika virus usually causes mild symptoms in men and women, such as skin rashes and headaches, it is suspected of causing abnormally small head sizes in newborn children, a condition called microcephaly, if contracted during pregnancy.
Brazil has seen a rapid increase in such cases.
Zika virus infection confirmed in Kanagawa | The Japan Times
Zika can trigger severe neurological disorder: study
Paris (AFP) - Scientists on Tuesday said they had confirmed that the Zika virus sweeping Latin America and blamed for severe birth defects can also trigger a dangerous neurological disorder.
In a study published in the medical journal The Lancet, a team probed Zika's suspected role in a 2013-2014 outbreak in French Polynesia of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) -- a rare condition in which the body's immune system attacks a part of the nervous system that controls muscle strength.
Research into patients who fell ill with GBS, supported by blood tests, proved that the mosquito-borne virus was the culprit, they said.
"This is the first evidence for Zika virus causing Guillain-Barre syndrome," the study said.
The syndrome -- which can also be caused by bacterial infections as well as the dengue and chikungunya viruses -- provokes muscle weakness in the legs and arms.
In rich nations, GBS is lethal in about five percent of cases, and another five percent suffer lasting disabilities. More than a quarter of patients require intensive care.
With 1.5 million cases of Zika infection already recorded in Brazil, and tens of thousands in neighbouring countries, researchers warn that an outbreak of Guillain-Barre could strain healthcare facilities, especially outside of big cities.
"In areas that will be hit by the Zika epidemic, we need to think about reinforcing intensive care capacity," said Arnaud Fontanet, a co-author of the study and a professor at the Emerging Diseases Epidemiology Unit of the Institut Pasteur in Paris.
"We know that a certain number of those patients are going to develop GBS, and 30 percent of them are going to need intensive care, especially for assisted breathing," he told AFP.
By itself, Zika is no more threatening than a bad cold or a mild case of the flu. Sometimes there are no symptoms at all.
But the rapidly expanding virus -- present in nearly four dozen countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) -- is suspected to be the cause a sudden increase in cases of neonatal microcephaly, a severe deformation of the brain and skull among newborns.
Brazil reported last week 583 confirmed cases of babies with the irreversible birth defect since October 2015, four times the previous annual average.
Zika is spread among humans by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is found in 130 nations. But recent evidence suggests that it can also be sexually transmitted by men carrying the virus.
In the study, two dozen researchers identified 42 cases of Guillain-Barre in French Polynesia in the aftermath of a Zika epidemic that infected some 200,000 people.
For Fontanet, there was no doubt that the virus caused the upsurge in GBS cases.
"The links are as strong as they would be for saying that tobacco causes lung cancer," he told AFP.
Three kinds of evidence supported this conclusion, he said.
The first was a 20-fold increase in the number of GBS cases during the Zika epidemic.
The second was that 90 percent the patients struck with the debilitating syndrome had been infected the week before by the mosquito-borne virus.
- Taken by surprise -
Both epidemiological findings were supported by blood analysis.
"We found traces of the recent presence of Zika in 100 percent of the GBS patients," including antibodies built up to fight the virus, said Fontanet.
The researchers were also able to exclude previous infection with the dengue virus -- also common in French Polynesia -- as a cause.
They did acknowledge, however, the biological mechanism by which Zika triggers the muscle-depleting syndrome has yet to be identified.
Some experts who did not participate in the research agreed that it was a breakthrough.
"This study provides the most compelling evidence to date of a causative link between Zika virus infection and the serious neurological condition Guillain-Barre syndrome," said Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust in Britain.
"The scale of the crisis unfolding in Latin America has taken us all by surprise, and we should be prepared for further unforeseen complications... in the coming weeks and months."
Others, though, cautioned that the findings were not conclusive, and may not apply directly to other affected regions.
"A significant amount of work has still to be undertaken before the same conclusions can be extended to the Zika outbreak in South America," said Peter Barlow, spokesman for the British Society for Immunology.
On February 1, the WHO declared a public health emergency due to rising cases of microcephaly and Guillain-Barre syndrome, even though the link to Zika remained circumstantial.
Zika can trigger severe neurological disorder: study
Can't believe it's not here in Asia.
It is here, and has been for a good few years. Nothing like on the scale in South and Central America though.Quote:
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[quote="Hans Mann"]can also trigger a dangerous neurological disorder[/QUOTE]
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How are the symptoms/sufferers differentiated from the "normal" Thai population?Quote:
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Originally Posted by nidhoggIt is here, and has been for a good few years. Nothing like on the scale in South and Central America though.Quote:
Originally Posted by spliff
one does have to wonder, given this lack of scale and effect in asia.... if its a different variant that's doing latin america and a foretelling of asia's future.
Its "Asian lineage" Zika, but some changes have been noted. If they are causative or its some or its some immunological difference remains to be determined.Quote:
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Originally Posted by nidhoggIt is here, and has been for a good few years. Nothing like on the scale in South and Central America though.Quote:
Originally Posted by spliff
one does have to wonder, given this lack of scale and effect in asia.... if its a different variant that's doing latin america and a foretelling of asia's future.
Cases have been reported outside these zones, but this is where it's being actively transmitted.
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Countries & Territories with Active Local Zika Virus Transmission | Zika virus | CDC