A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil suggests people previously infected by Chikungunya virus may develop partial immunity to Mayaro virus. The finding, presented in Journal of Virology, is based ...
Dec 3, 2021
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French-Austrian biotech firm Valneva said Wednesday it will begin clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Britain, where the government has already ordered at least 60 million doses.
Dec 16, 2020
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Guatemalan health officials said Saturday that at least 105 people there had been infected with Zika, the virus suspected of causing grave brain damage in newborns.
Jan 30, 2016
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Inflammatory reactions in the skin can reduce damage from UV radiation or infections, but can also result in painful symptoms such as sunburn. A recent study at the University of Bonn and the University Hospital Bonn has ...
Nov 2, 2022
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Children recover from chikungunya viral infection more quickly than adults, which could make them hidden carriers of the disease, finds a team of immunologists and pediatricians in Singapore and Malaysia.
Dec 14, 2016
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A nasty virus first detected in Africa that is spread to people by the bite of infected mosquitoes is being locally transmitted in the Americas for the first time on the tiny French Caribbean dependency of St. Martin, health ...
Dec 17, 2013
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Researchers are confident of quickly finding a vaccine for the Zika virus following the development of a vaccine for a similar mosquito-borne disease.
Feb 2, 2016
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Wageningen University in the Netherlands has developed a prototype vaccine against chikungunya in a joint effort with the Erasmus Medical Centre and TI Pharma. This prototype may hopefully lead to the first working vaccine ...
Mar 21, 2013
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The mosquitoes that spread the Zika virus are among the hardest species to fight because they live and breed in spots where water collects inside houses and yards, insect experts noted Monday at the opening of the American ...
Feb 9, 2016
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The chikungunya virus, transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes and responsible for more than 900 deaths in Brazil since it arrived around ten years ago, is capable of spreading through the blood, reaching ...
Mar 12, 2024
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