Sentences with phrase «many outbreaks of this virus»

Originally identified in 1947 in Uganda, Zika was relatively unknown until 2007, when there was an outbreak of the virus in Micronesia.

Like an outbreak of a virus taking over the world's population and turning us all into zombies?

-- 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.

The outbreak of the virus last year killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa.

She said before the outbreak of the virus, the average number of microcephaly every year was just 163 cases.

The president said government was prepared and had put measures in place to deal with any possible future outbreak of the virus in the country.

In fact, on 11 May, the DRC's Ministry of Health notified the World Health Organization of a new outbreak of the virus in that country, with 37 suspected cases in seven villages so far, and several deaths.

Since 2001, fatal outbreaks of the virus among people have occurred annually in Bangladesh and India.

There's also some optimism that the human outbreak of the virus is not as threatening as earlier feared.

Animal health authorities have reported outbreaks of the virus in three states in Nigeria, the continent's most populous country.

Following previous outbreaks of the virus in northeastern Gabon and in the northwest of the Republic of the Congo in 2001, the Gabonese and Congolese ministries of forestry and environment, along with several wildlife organizations, implemented a temporary Animal Mortality Monitoring Network.

Undiagnosed Ebola virus infection was probably very rare in international workers who were deployed during the 2013 - 2015 outbreak of the virus in West Africa, despite mild and asymptomatic cases of Ebola being known to occur, according to new research published in the journal PLOS Medicine.

Safe and effective vaccines could help end the ongoing Ebola virus disease epidemic in parts of West Africa and stop future outbreaks of the virus.

I want my students to develop an understanding of how outbreaks of viruses and disease continue to drive scientists» understanding of a disease.

An official in the West Africa country that has been devastated by the worst ever outbreak of the virus urged calm, insisting that health workers had the means to contain the latest outbreak.

With the outbreak of viruses like Zika, chikungunya, and dengue on the rise, public health officials are desperate to stop transmission.

The West African Ebola epidemic dwarfed all previous central African outbreaks of the virus, sickening more than 28,000 people and killing more than 11,000 of them.

Two, refrain from sex during the outbreak of the virus and lastly, use suppressive drugs such as Valtrex to avoid the chances of transmission.

he outbreak of this virus varies from individual to individual.

They believe the humans have been destroyed as there has been no trace of them since the outbreak of the virus.

The first major outbreak of the virus happened in 2004 and it continues to make an appearance throughout the country in varying degrees.

And now, the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando has suspended dog adoptions because of an outbreak of the virus.

There have been many outbreaks of this virus that can be traced back to just one sick dog.

When Mercer consumes them, he has a flashback of sorts to see what they know in regards to the situation going on within the city and the outbreak of the virus.

With a great opening video that really sets the scene for the game, Dead Nation takes place a year after the outbreak of a virus that has left the world decimated.

The story in «Mega Man 10» involves an outbreak of a virus called «Roboenza,» forcing Mega Man to form an alliance with Dr. Wily and battle the infected robots that are trying to take over the world.

In addition, natural disasters, outbreaks of viruses, accidents related to public transportation disruptions, and even the possibility of cyber terrorism had to be considered.

It is worth noting that two - thirds of Republicans support investing more money in research on the virus and investing more money on preventing the spread of Zika in the U.S., but slightly less than half support helping women in areas in the U.S. with outbreaks of the virus access reproductive health services.

Not exact matches

To show just how rapidly Zika gained a foothold in the Americas, we created a GIF displaying all of the places that the Zika virus has spread through local transmission since the start of the outbreak:

The agency color - codes the severity of the outbreak using a legend of bright green for states with minimal flu activity, rising to deep red for those inundated by the virus.

Unlike parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean hit hardest by the recent Zika outbreak, areas of Southeast Asia have had the virus present for many years.

But this outbreak demonstrates clearly both the threat that emerging viruses pose to the world and the need to have some sort of antiviral agent that we can use to try to treat any new viral illness.

The outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa in 2014, and the worldwide panic it caused, served as a wake - up call: We as a human race are still extremely vulnerable to fast - spreading, infectious diseases.

Just a few months after the 2015 outbreak of Ebola was contained, another virus — called Zika — commanded the public stage.

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And a new study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization warned that this is a recipe for more outbreaks — even in the southern US, where the virus is not endemic but where mosquitoes that can carry the virus live.

Late last month, according to several sources, the U.S. Olympic Committee started telling members of Team USA who are concerned about the Zika virus outbreak that they can think about skipping this summer's olympic games in Rio de Janeiro.

Given the latest outbreak of the Zika virus this year, we know that in some cases contraceptives are imperative to reduce incidences of birth defects, like microcephaly.

Late last month, according to several sources, the U.S. Olympic Committee started telling members of Team USA who are concerned about the Zika virus outbreak that they can think about...

Experts say chances of an outbreak in the area are minimal, because the type of mosquitos that carry the virus are not native to that part of the country.

With 1,118 reported cases and a death toll at 41, the current outbreak of the West Nile virus is the biggest in U.S. history and also its fastest, with last...

Updated statement as of September 1, 2016 Even as Zika virus outbreaks continue to be identified in the U.S. and abroad, HMBANA affirms that donor human milk is safe for even the most vulnerable

After having a better idea of bacteria, virus, fungus and other microorganisms and the ways to prevent them, mankind reduced the outbreak of skin rash.

Menabde said currently 34 countries had reported the Zika virus outbreak, mostly in the Americas and Caribbean, and seven reported an increase in cases of microcephaly.

This was around a decade after the end of Sierra Leone's civil war, and a year before the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus; needless to say, the resulting deaths seemed barely newsworthy.

Former vice-president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has said that the fresh outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in DR Congo, «is a cause for concern and...

Explaining that the virus had the Central African and the West African types, the commissioner said the West African type was milder and had no records of mortality, saying «recently in Bayelsa State, we noticed a suspected outbreak of Monkey Pox.

The state Commissioner for Health, Professor Ebitimitula Etebu, while confirming the outbreak, said samples of the virus had been sent to the World Health Organisation, WHO, laboratory in Dakar, Senegal, for confirmation.

The outbreak has seen some countries urging couples not to get pregnant, while the US Centers for Disease Control has warned pregnant women to avoid travelling to 22 affected nations, including Brazil which has reported more than 4000 cases of the virus since October 2015.

He described Monkey Pox as a viral illness caused by a group of viruses that include chicken pox and small pox, noting that the first case was noticed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and subsequently it had outbreaks in the West African region.