Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Zika infection may be masked by other viral infections

Symptoms of infection with the Zika virus in Brazil may be masked by simultaneous infection with other mosquito-spread viruses common in the same region—such as dengue fever and chikungunya viruses—pointing to the need ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

The Zika alliance

Chikungunya, dengue and Zika viruses are transmitted by the same mosquito species—Aedes Aegypti and Aedes albopictus—and exhibit similar symptoms in infected patients. But, compared with the painful fever, headache and ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

An old new weapon against emerging Chikungunya virus

Since 2013, the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus has spread rapidly through South America and the Caribbean, and is now threatening Southern Europe and the southern US. It causes flu-like symptoms with fever and joint pains, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

First description of 2015 Zika virus outbreak in Rio de Janiero

Since the recent link to severe neurological defects in infants born to mothers infected during pregnancy, Zika virus (ZIKV) has become a public health and research priority. A study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Brazil: Swine flu has killed twice as many people as in 2015

Brazil's Health Ministry said Tuesday that the H1N1 swine flu virus has killed almost twice as many people in Latin America's biggest country over the past three months as it did in all of 2015.

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