Showing posts with label Microcephaly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Microcephaly. Show all posts
Thursday, November 29, 2018

CDC updates its guidance for prevention of sexually transmitted Zika infection

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The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recently issued an interim update to its guidance for Preconception Counseling and Prevention o...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Should universal serological screening for Toxoplasmosis be recommended during pregnancy?

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Toxoplama gondii is ubiquitous in nature and infects animals and human alike. In immunocompetent host the infection is typically as...
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Saturday, February 10, 2018

Novel emerging infectious diseases in pregnancy

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Last two decades have seen epidemics of several infectious diseases which were previously not so prevalent worldwide. Pregnant mothers a...
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Saturday, July 8, 2017

A secret weapon against Zika and other mosquito born disease.

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Zika Virus disease is a nationally notifiable condition in US. As of June 2017, there were 1,997 pregnant women with laboratory evidence o...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

No evidence of congenital anomalies with Zika infection in third trimester.

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The first outbreak of Zika virus occurred in South America occurred in Brazil in May 2015 subsequently in October Columbia confirmed 156 c...
Wednesday, June 1, 2016

First baby born with ZIKA related microcephaly in Continental US

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Tuesday saw the birth of first baby born with Zika related microcephaly at the  Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey. This i...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

CDC Confirms the link between Zika infection and microcephaly.

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Zika has been linked to microcephaly since Brazil reported a sudden increase in number of infants born with microcephaly in September ...
Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Maternal ZIKA virus infection linked to fetal and placental malformations, apart from Microcephaly.

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The World Health Organization has declared the Zika virus an international public health emergency, with a prediction of about fou...
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

All about Zika virus infection.

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Zika Virus was first isolated from rhesus monkeys   in Zika forest in Uganda in 1947, but was barely in news till now as it did not ca...
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Sunday, January 17, 2016

Microcephaly in Brazil potentially linked to the Zika virus epidemic says European Center for Disease Control (ECDC).

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photo by CDC PHIL, Aedes Mosquito   New European Center for Disease Control ( ECDC) risk assessment is currently evaluat...