Sentences with phrase «zika caused»

Given the information we have, potentially over a million cases of Zika caused by mosquito transmission versus two cases of sexual transmission, the additional risk appears small.

But the mosquitoes biologically capable of transmitting the disease are found in about two - thirds of country, and public health authorities expect that there will be small clusters of Zika caused by those bugs.

Zika causes children to be born deformed and with significant health issues.

In most adults, Zika causes mild flu - like symptoms.

The mouse model mimics aspects of the infection in humans, with high levels of the virus seen in the mouse brain and spinal cord, consistent with evidence showing that Zika causes neurological defects in human fetuses.

Although Zika causes no harm in most people it infects, its possible role in clusters of microcephaly in babies and Guillain - Barré syndrome in adults led the World Health Organization on 1 February to declare that it is a «public health emergency of international concern.»

According to the World Health Organization, there is a «scientific consensus» that Zika causes GBS.

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One of the reasons it's been so troubling is that it's a cause of a serious birth defect called microcephaly, in which the head of babies whose mothers have been infected with Zika during pregnancy are abnormally small.

«Zika virus disease usually causes mild illness, and most people will not develop any symptoms.

In April, the CDC confirmed that Zika is a cause of microcephaly, a condition in which the head is born abnormally small.

The mosquito - borne Zika virus is causing severe problems in Brazil, where it appears to be connected to serious birth defects.

Most people who get Zika have mild symptoms — and many don't even realize they have the virus — but the disease can cause severe neurological problems, including Guillain - Barre Syndrome in adults and microcephaly in fetuses.

One reason Zika is troubling is that it is a cause of birth defects, including microcephaly — a condition where the baby's head is abnormally small — in babies whose mothers have had Zika.

One reason Zika is troubling is because it is a cause of birth defects, including microcephaly — a condition where the baby's head is abnormally small — in babies whose mothers have had Zika.

The agency said there have been recent variations in the number of cases reported in the region and, while the level of risk is unknown, Zika virus infection during pregnancy causes severe birth defects, including microcephaly and other severe brain abnormalities.

U.S. health officials on Thursday recommended that pregnant women postpone nonessential travel to 11 Southeast Asian countries because of the risk of Zika virus infection, which has been shown to cause severe birth defects.

The significant increase in the insect - borne diseases was due in part to the outbreak of Zika, the mosquito - borne disease that can cause severe birth defects.

Earlier on Friday, U.S. health officials published a study estimating that as many as 270 babies in Puerto Rico may be born with the severe birth defect known as microcephaly caused by Zika infections in their mothers during pregnancy.

The World Health Organization has said there is strong scientific consensus that Zika can also cause Guillain - Barre, a rare neurological syndrome that causes temporary paralysis in adults.

There is no vaccine or treatment for Zika, which is a close cousin of dengue and chikungunya and causes mild fever, rash and red eyes.

U.S. health officials have concluded that Zika infections in pregnant women can cause microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size that can lead to severe developmental problems in babies.

As a 2009 CDC document about Zika notes, we thought the same about West Nile virus — until we realized that it could cause serious neurological illness in a very small percentage of people infected with it.

There's still a lot that we don't know about Zika, including whether or not it's definitively the cause of infants being born with microcephaly or other neurological problems.

The WHO says there is strong scientific consensus that Zika is a cause of the birth defect microcephaly, or small heads in babies, as well as Guillain - Barre syndrome, a neurological disorder.

-- ZIKA: Florida public health investigators have identified 10 additional Zika cases in the Miami area, bringing the total to 14 in the first known outbreak of the virus to be caused by mosquitoes in the continental U.S., Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Monday.

Unlike Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue, Malaria is a mosquito - borne illness caused by a parasite, not a virus.

Zika is a mosquito - borne illness that is can cause mild illness in some people.

Zika can cause serious health defects in newborns, so take every precaution.

The World Health Organisation has declared the Zika virus an international public health emergency, prompted by growing concern that it could cause birth defects.

Honduras has reported its first death from a paralysing illness linked to the Zika virus, a mosquito - borne epidemic that is spreading through Latin America and also suspected of causing birth defects.

Although Zika has not been definitively proved to cause Guillain - Barre or microcephaly, a severe deformation of baby's brains, the World Health Organisation strongly suspects it does.

The possibility that the Zika virus causes microcephaly — unusually small heads and damaged brains — emerged only in October 2015, when doctors in northern Brazil noticed a surge in babies with the condition.

Confirming the worst fears of many pregnant women in the United States and Latin America, U.S. health officials said there is no longer any doubt the Zika virus causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and other severe brain defects.

It has been found that Zika can cause birth defects, which is why pregnant women need to be aware of the risks and facts.

Cuomo says while there is no cause for alarm, the state is taking aggressive action against the Aedes mosquito that can potentially spread Zika.

Zika could cause major problems in the Big Apple if city health officials don't start discouraging people from traveling to hotbeds in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, according to former LG Betsy McCaughey.

Zika could cause major problems in the Big Apple if city health officials don't start discouraging people from traveling to hotbeds in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, according to a former New York state official.

Researchers have gone on to study «proteins that cause antibiotic resistance» and to produce three - dimensional images of the Zika virus at atomic resolution, permitting scientists to hunt for weaknesses that new pharmaceuticals could exploit.

One such pseudoscientific claim was that microcephaly is caused by the MMR vaccine and pharmaceutical companies are blaming Zika virus in order to profit from selling Zika vaccines.

Zika infection during pregnancy can also cause serious birth defects and is associated with other pregnancy problems.

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Magee - Womens Research Institute (MWRI) have devised a cell - based model of the human placenta that could help explain how pathogens that cause birth defects, such as Zika virus, cross from mother to unborn child.

SAN FRANCISCO — Cell biologists are learning more about how the Zika virus disrupts brain cells to cause the birth defect microcephaly, in which a baby's brain and head are smaller than usual.

Zika virus infection in pregnancy causes severe disability in babies by attacking stem cells in the developing brain.

Using human fetal «mini-brains» grown in 3 - D cultures, scientists determined that a specific protein produced by the Zika virus changes the properties of neural stem cells in the developing brain of an infected fetus, potentially causing microcephaly in newborns (Ki - Jun Yoon, abstract 103.06, see attached summary).

Both Zika strains were able to infect and cause cell death in neural progenitor cells.

The fetal disease caused by Zika virus could soon have a new name: Zika virus congenital syndrome.

The reason Zika is considered such a threat is that it's spreading rapidly through the Americas, including parts of the U.S., and can cause severe complications.

Zika virus, which spreads among humans via mosquitoes, causes illness characterized like many other viral infections by fever, rash and joint pain.

By some estimates one in 5,000 Zika patients develops GBS, but the question of whether the vaccine — which would contain some viral DNA if not the whole virus — will also cause this rare side effect will not be adequately answered in small trials that contain less than 100 volunteers.

Zika can cause babies to be born with severe brain damage — but we may be able to harness the virus to fight brain tumours in adults.