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AUCKLAND: New Zealand's resurgent coronavirus outbreak has spread beyond Auckland, health officials said Friday, in a major blow to efforts to contain the disease. (bangkokpost.com)
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this week it erroneously published new guidance acknowledging that the coronavirus spreads through tiny particles that can linger in the air and travel beyond six feet. (breitbart.com)
Studies linked to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) have suggested that the coronavirus can spread through the air. (breitbart.com)
CARROLLTON, Ala. (AP) - As the coronavirus spread across the United States, workers at the lone hospital in one Alabama county turned off beeping monitors for good and padlocked the doors, making it one of the latest in a string of nearly 200 rural hospitals to close nationwide. (aol.com)
The lockdowns that have "destroyed millions of livelihoods" worldwide have had no impact on the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to a study by JPMorgan Chase. (wnd.com)
Coronavirus is spreading rapidly in South Africa, a development that has prompted officials to announce a host of new measures and restrictions. (voanews.com)
The country now accounts for about 40% of all coronavirus cases on the African continent, and the virus is spreading rapidly. (voanews.com)
BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping has ordered resolute efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that caused cases of pneumonia. (xinhuanet.com)
The disease, identified as a new coronavirus infection, is similar to the virus behind severe acute respiratory syndrome, better known as SARS, which killed hundreds of people in Hong Kong and mainland China from 2002 to 2003. (upi.com)
WHO is proposing studies on the novel coronavirus that can be done in China and elsewhere to better understand transmission, risk factors and where the virus is," it said. (upi.com)
The coronavirus contact-tracing app developed by the NHS helped in reducing a significant number of virus cases, according to a new research paper. (siliconrepublic.com)
Using the adapted mask to screen for coronavirus could allow very large groups to be checked at once, potentially helping to curb the spread of the virus and avoiding long stays in quarantine. (le.ac.uk)
Mike Barer, Professor of Clinical Microbiology in our Department of Respiratory Sciences , said: "Coronavirus is spread from the mouth, throat and respiration system of infected individuals. (le.ac.uk)
People mixing inside homes pose a bigger risk than pubs when it comes to spreading the coronavirus because they are more likely to "let their guard down", a Government scientific adviser has said. (independent.co.uk)
CORONAVIRUS kills - more than 137,000 deaths by the notorious virus have been recorded. (express.co.uk)
PARIS: A swath of EU nations begin vaccinating their most vulnerable groups Sunday as a reputedly more contagious coronavirus variant spread internationally and the WHO warned that the current pandemic would not be the last. (brecorder.com)
As the U.S. battles to limit the spread of the contagious new coronavirus, the number of health care workers ordered to self-quarantine because of potential exposure to an infected patient is rising at a rapid pace. (kcbx.org)
In Northern California, potential exposure to the new coronavirus was exacerbated because hospitals were caught unaware by the community spread of the virus and hampered by federal protocols that initially limited diagnostic testing to patients with a history of travel to a country where the virus was known to be circulating or contact with a person with a known infection. (kcbx.org)
Women should get a bob cut and skip blow drys when salons reopen if they want to curb the spread of coronavirus, a top stylist has said. (abovetopsecret.com)
Promising news about a coronavirus vaccine has small business owners feeling more upbeat despite the virus's continuing spread. (local10.com)
NEW YORK - Promising news about a coronavirus vaccine has small business owners feeling more upbeat despite cases of the virus surging in many parts of the U.S. (local10.com)
THURSDAY, April 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Recent studies show that people infected with the new coronavirus could be spreading 'aerosolized' viral particles as they cough, breathe or talk in a 13-foot radius, and viral particles can also move around on people's shoes. (healthday.com)
Their tests found that 70% of swab samples from the hospital floor came up positive for coronavirus, 'perhaps because of gravity and air flow causing most virus droplets to float to the ground,' the study authors said. (healthday.com)

Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus transmitted primarily by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. (cdc.gov)
Zika virus is transmitted primarily by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes ( 1 , 7 ). (cdc.gov)
Aedes albopictus mosquitoes also might transmit the virus. (cdc.gov)
mosquitoes are found throughout much of the Americas, including parts of the United States, and also transmit dengue and chikungunya viruses. (cdc.gov)
Isolated in 1953 in Tanzania, the virus likely originated in a tropical African forest cycle involving wild primates and mosquitoes, spreading via Aedes aegyptii and others to urban Africa and Asia, causing sporadic epidemics in Thailand. (the-scientist.com)
University of Leeds Virus Host Interaction Team researchers have discovered that the molecule, called sialokinin, makes it easier for a number of viruses to pass from mosquitoes to humans, where they can then take hold - leading to unpleasant and potentially deadly diseases. (leeds.ac.uk)
She said: "Our findings may also explain why some mosquitoes can spread infection to humans, while some cannot. (leeds.ac.uk)
Anopheles mosquitoes cannot spread most viruses. (leeds.ac.uk)
Viruses spread by mosquitoes are known as arboviruses. (leeds.ac.uk)
To determine what effect Zika infection has on the eye, the researchers infected adult mice under the skin -- similar to the way humans are infected by mosquitoes -- and found live virus in the eyes seven days later. (sciencedaily.com)
The Zika epidemic has been very explosive, more explosive than we can account for by just mosquitoes and the level of Zika virus in human blood. (sciencedaily.com)
West Nile virus is carried by mosquitoes, and infected insects transmit the virus to human beings with a bite. (time.com)
But birds play a role too - if bitten by an infected mosquito, birds can generate high levels of the virus in their bloodstream, and can then transmit it to uninfected mosquitoes, which in turn can infect people. (time.com)
Currently, the UK's only established disease that is spread by ticks or mosquitoes is Lyme disease, but experts expect permanent groups of insects carrying pathogens like Dengue in the next 10 years. (mirror.co.uk)
So far in 2008, California has recorded two human cases of the virus, with 25 counties reporting positive hits among tested mosquitoes, birds and mammals. (cutimes.com)
Mosquitoes can spread deadly viruses - such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever - that can cause significant outbreaks and disease. (federallabs.org)
Aedes species mosquitoes can transmit viruses through bites to people. (federallabs.org)
CDC's AGO technology has significant advantages: 100% non-toxic trap, inexpensive to manufacture and maintain, successfully field-tested in communities, proven to reduce mosquito populations and the viruses they spread, and currently in use to control the spread of Zika and dengue through Aedes mosquitoes. (federallabs.org)
The Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes that thrive in areas close to humans where barrels and other containers of stagnant water can often be found. (lu.se)

What is the Zika virus? (cnn.com)
In May 2015, the first local transmission of Zika virus in the Region of the Americas was reported in Brazil. (cdc.gov)
it is not known how many of these cases are associated with Zika virus infection. (cdc.gov)
Although local transmission of Zika virus has not been documented in the continental United States, infections have been reported among travelers visiting or returning to the United States, and these likely will increase. (cdc.gov)
The best way to prevent Zika virus infection is to avoid mosquito bites by avoiding exposure and eliminating mosquito breeding areas. (cdc.gov)
Until more is known, pregnant women should consider postponing travel to any area with ongoing Zika virus transmission. (cdc.gov)
Health care providers should contact their state or local health department about testing patients with symptoms of Zika virus infection and a compatible travel history. (cdc.gov)
Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that was first identified in Uganda in 1947 ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
In May 2015, the World Health Organization reported the first local transmission of Zika virus in the Region of the Americas (Americas), with autochthonous cases identified in Brazil ( 4 ). (cdc.gov)
In December, the Ministry of Health estimated that 440,000-1,300,000 suspected cases of Zika virus disease had occurred in Brazil in 2015 ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
Although local transmission of Zika virus has not been documented in the continental United States, Zika virus infections have been reported in returning travelers ( 7 ). (cdc.gov)
In light of the recent outbreaks in the Americas, the number of Zika virus disease cases among travelers visiting or returning to the United States is likely to increase. (cdc.gov)
In addition to mosquito-to-human transmission, Zika virus infections have been documented through intrauterine transmission resulting in congenital infection, intrapartum transmission from a viremic mother to her newborn, sexual transmission, blood transfusion, and laboratory exposure ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
There is a theoretical concern that transmission could occur through organ or tissue transplantation, and although Zika virus RNA has been detected in breast milk, transmission through breastfeeding has not been documented ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
During outbreaks, humans are the primary amplifying host for Zika virus. (cdc.gov)
An estimated 80% of persons who are infected with Zika virus are asymptomatic ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
Zika virus is found in parts of South and Central America, the Caribbean, the Pacific islands, Africa and Asia. (leeds.ac.uk)
There are currently no specific treatments or vaccines for dengue, Zika, and other potentially serious mosquito-borne viruses including Chikungunya, West Nile virus, Semliki Forest virus and Rift Valley fever virus. (leeds.ac.uk)
Zika virus is capable of infecting the eye, according to a new study. (sciencedaily.com)
The study, in mice, helps explain why some people with Zika virus develop eye disease, and suggests that contact with infected eyes may play a role in spreading the disease. (sciencedaily.com)
Researchers have found that Zika virus can live in eyes and have identified genetic material from the virus in tears, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. (sciencedaily.com)
The study, published Sept. 6 in Cell Reports , describes the effect of Zika virus infection in the eyes of mouse fetuses, newborns and adults. (sciencedaily.com)
Our study suggests that the eye could be a reservoir for Zika virus," said Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD, the Herbert S. Gasser Professor of Medicine and one of the study's senior authors. (sciencedaily.com)
We need to consider whether people with Zika have infectious virus in their eyes and how long it actually persists. (sciencedaily.com)
Zika virus causes mild disease in most adults but can cause brain damage and death in fetuses. (sciencedaily.com)
Zika researchers are increasingly considering alternative routes of transmission because the virus is spreading more quickly than would be expected by mosquito-borne transmission alone. (sciencedaily.com)
A DANISH NATIONAL has become the first European to test positive for the Zika virus. (thejournal.ie)
Last week it was announced that three UK travellers had been diagnosed with the Zika virus. (thejournal.ie)
This outbreak is now over, but instead the Zika virus is on the march. (lu.se)
Within a few years, the Zika virus has spread from Brazil throughout Latin America and up to Florida. (lu.se)

Virologists are working to slow the spread of the largest recorded outbreak of chikungunya, a relatively unknown mosquito-borne disease that has swept through the island of Reunion , and was recently reported in India. (the-scientist.com)
Turkey's health system, for now, is able to handle the outbreak, but the variant -related cases are on the rise and more efforts are needed to stem their spread, Akın stressed. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
To track a virus outbreak among East Coast dolphins, scientists are tracing the social networks of these playful animals in the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. (abcactionnews.com)
A State Council joint task force on Monday held a teleconference to make an overall arrangement for prevention and control of the virus outbreak. (xinhuanet.com)
On Monday, WHO said it believes the primary source of the outbreak is animal though "limited human-to-human transmission" is responsible for the disease's spread. (upi.com)
The Almila Theater Workshop started their efforts on the streets of Elazig province to draw attention to the COVID-19 outbreak, taking up the slogan, The virus is among us. (turkishpress.com)
Following the discovery of the virus during an outbreak of severe encephalitis in Nipah, Malaysia, cases of the Nipah virus were first documented in humans in 1998, with cases also being recorded in Singapore. (yahoo.com)
At the very beginning [of an outbreak] this will happen because you don't know patients are infected and you only realize later that people were exposed," says Grzegorz Rempala, a mathematician at the College of Public Health at Ohio State University who models the spread of infectious diseases. (kcbx.org)
An outbreak of a strain of avian flu has affected as many as 24 million birds in the U.S. Midwest, and officials say they don't know how it's spreading. (ibtimes.com)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which coordinates with states in responding to the outbreak and also conducts research on bird flu, has no clear answers so far as to why the virus is spreading. (ibtimes.com)
January 11, 2007: "South Korean officials say the bird flu virus had been transmitted to a human during a recent outbreak among poultry, but the person showed no symptoms of disease. (wikipedia.org)
January 12, 2007: "In Nigeria, a new outbreak of the H5N1 virus is reported in birds in Sokoto and Katsina states. (wikipedia.org)
Rapid spread of a new West Nile virus lineage 1 associated with increased risk of neuroinvasive disease during a large outbreak in northern Italy, 2022: One Health analysis. (bvsalud.org)
It is a comprehensive and long-term strategy built on lessons learned from the Angola outbreak that spread worldwide resulting in tremendous economic, social and political impacts. (who.int)
The Ebola virus is one example, which caused over 11,000 deaths in the outbreak that lasted between 2014 and 2016. (lu.se)

In case of Ebola, for instance, one such transmission suspected to be from a wild animal to a two-year-old toddler in Guinea gave the virus the mutation it needed to spread faster than it had before and kill thousands of people. (nextbillion.net)
Ebola virus disease (EVD), commonly known as Ebola is a highly persons lived in camps for the internally displaced. (who.int)
Ebola virus and usually associated with bleeding manifestations. (who.int)
Ebola virus was isolated. (who.int)

These imported cases might result in local human-to-mosquito-to-human spread of the virus in limited areas of the continental United States that have the appropriate mosquito vectors. (cdc.gov)
The Aedes genus of mosquito, which is found on all continents except Antarctica, spreads arboviruses. (leeds.ac.uk)
The research team says future work should focus on identifying the other factors in mosquito saliva that help viruses infect hosts, and developing therapeutics to target and block them. (leeds.ac.uk)
"Mosquito saliva enhances virus infection through sialokinin-dependent vascular leakage" is published in PNAS journal on 8 June 2022, 8pm UK time. (leeds.ac.uk)
A mosquito-borne virus identified in the West Nile subregion in Uganda in 1937 - hence the name - West Nile wasn't much of a concern to people elsewhere until it broke out of Africa in 1999. (time.com)
Fears are growing over the spread of the mosquito-borne Dengue fever as more European countries report a rise in cases. (mirror.co.uk)
The EDC's report says: 'Since the mosquito vector Aedes albopictus is established in most of Europe, further virus introductions leading to secondary autochthonous transmissions may occur in most of the southern countries of the EU/EEA. (mirror.co.uk)
The mosquito-spread disease is advancing at a rapid pace in California, thanks in part to swimming pools on empty, foreclosed properties that serve as breeding grounds. (cutimes.com)
Optionally, the trap may include a hydrogel to capture laid mosquito eggs, which are collected for mosquito population surveillance and testing for virus presence. (federallabs.org)
As for viruses, the major issue consists of the mosquito-borne diseases which are rapidly spreading. (lu.se)
Insect repellent, covering clothing, mosquito nets, and removing stagnant pools of water can minimise the spread of virusinfection. (lu.se)
Insect repellent, covering clothing, mosquito nets, and removing stagnant pools of water can minimise the spread of infection. (lu.se)

Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have alerted gay and bisexual men that monkeypox appears to be spreading rapidly in the community worldwide, warning them to take necessary precautions. (nationalinterest.org)
Flu spread rapidly in military barracks where men shared close quarters. (cdc.gov)

Dr McKimmie said: "One way to do this would be to develop a vaccine that generates neutralising antibodies that bind to these factors, and thereby stop them from working and helping the virus. (leeds.ac.uk)
How a self-spreading vaccine could work in a bat population. (mpg.de)
In 2000, researchers demonstrated the transmission of a self-spreading rabbit vaccine in a field trial on a Spanish island. (mpg.de)
The best time to have the flu vaccine is in the autumn or early winter before flu starts spreading," the NHS said. (express.co.uk)
Having the flu vaccine will also stop you spreading flu to other people who may be more at risk of serious problems from flu," the NHS added. (express.co.uk)
It's not clear how many people will decide to receive the vaccine, and in turn, how much of the population would be immune to the virus. (local10.com)
The yellow fever virus itself cannot be eradicated, but we can stop the epidemics using Yellow Fever vaccine. (who.int)

Since the first lab-modified virus capable of replication was generated in 1974, an evidence-based consensus has emerged that many changes introduced into viral genomes are likely to prove unstable if released into the environment. (mpg.de)
Non-spreading lab-modified viral vaccines are already in use today, for example as vaccines for wild animals against rabies or for humans against polio. (mpg.de)
The molecular tools necessary to generate viral vaccines that retain their capacity to be self-spreading have existed for some time. (mpg.de)
This will maximise the chances of a robust debate among fellow citizens and nations about the wisdom of self-spreading viral approaches in the environment. (mpg.de)
Epidemiologists can predict the spread of a disease based on known rates of transmission for related viruses and the viral level in the bloodstreams of infected people. (sciencedaily.com)
Even if human tears do not turn out to be infectious, the researchers' detection of live virus in the eye and viral RNA in tears still has practical benefits. (sciencedaily.com)
It demonstrates the value of genomics in the surveillance of viral pathogens affecting important fisheries resources and how analytical methods derived from the epidemiology of human viruses can be adapted and applied to conserving wild salmon populations. (sciencedaily.com)

And in the 2023 transmission season, three clusters of autochthonous dengue virus transmissions have been identified so far in mainland France. (mirror.co.uk)

Researchers from Germany, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States now point out in a policy piece that despite these concerns, self-spreading vaccines for animals are being researched in Europe and the US. (mpg.de)
In the U.S., a four-year research project has just ended that sought to mathematically identify strategies for deploying self-spreading vaccines. (mpg.de)
The U.S. Department of Defense's research agency, DARPA, is also funding experimentation to determine if lab-modified self-spreading animal vaccines can prevent the spillover of pathogens to U.S. military personnel in areas where they operate. (mpg.de)
If, as is argued, self-spreading vaccines are potentially transformational in a wide array of agricultural, medical and conservation uses, then developers and funders should commit to address needs within their own borders, rather than continue to propose equatorial nations for field testing. (mpg.de)
When it comes to viruses , vaccines were used to successfully eradicate smallpox in the 1970s. (lu.se)

Hipkins played down fears the failure to ringfence infections to Auckland meant the virus could now be rampant elsewhere. (bangkokpost.com)
The virus variants may have spread to all parts of the country," İlhan said, suggesting that the virus variants could be the reason behind a recent spike in the number of daily infections. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
Researchers will first target patients with other respiratory virus infections and compare mask with throat swab results, then if successful, move on to trials with COVID-19 infections. (le.ac.uk)
Infections with the henipavirus, thought to have been brought on by the Nipah virus or a virus similar to it, have also been reported in the Philippines. (yahoo.com)
However, Nipah virus infections in humans have not been reported outside of South and Southeast Asia, and the majority of outbreaks have taken place in rural or semi-rural areas. (yahoo.com)
We have a Hiar stylist who is I guess is some how an expert on viruses and infections. (abovetopsecret.com)
When a virus is widely circulating in a population and causing many infections, the likelihood of the virus mutating increases. (bvsalud.org)

Scientists say a highly contagious and lethal virus called cetacean morbillivirus is one of the biggest threats to dolphins and whales worldwide. (abcactionnews.com)
These points of spread play a key role in spreading the highly contagious virus amongst children. (dawn.com)

NIH researchers also found in May that talking can produce virus particles that can linger in the air for eight to 14 minutes. (breitbart.com)
The researchers now are planning complementary studies in human patients infected with the virus. (sciencedaily.com)
The researchers found that the tears of infected mice contained Zika's RNA -- the genetic material from the virus -- but not infectious virus when tested 28 days after infection. (sciencedaily.com)
In a study published in the journal Global Change Biology , the researchers took climate and species-distribution data, and created models that try to project the spread of the virus as the globe warms. (time.com)
In addition, as medical staff walk around the ward, the virus can be tracked all over the floor, as indicated by the 100% rate of positivity from the floor in the [hospital] pharmacy, where there were no patients,' the researchers said. (healthday.com)

The global spread of (highly pathogenic) H5N1 in birds is considered a significant pandemic threat. (wikipedia.org)
The mutations in the H5N1 virus strain were not drastic enough to make the virus infectious enough to spark a pandemic, but officials said more such mutations could prompt scientists to rethink current treatment strategies. (wikipedia.org)
At the time, scientists had not yet discovered flu viruses, but we know today that the 1918 pandemic was caused by an influenza A (H1N1) virus. (cdc.gov)

With little to no awareness in an increasingly polluted environment, the well-being of Pakistani children is at high risk at the hands of the contagious virus. (dawn.com)
These countries invested in continuous awareness sessions and mass immunisation drives against the contagious virus, eliminating it for good. (dawn.com)

The strain is highly pathogenic, meaning it spreads and kills quickly. (ibtimes.com)
As the World Health Organization reports in a new update , not much is known about this new strain of virus, including its origins. (bgr.com)
While prior H5N1 strains have been known, they were significantly different from the current H5N1 strain on a genetic level, making the global spread of this new strain unprecedented. (wikipedia.org)
The current H5N1 strain is a fast-mutating, highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) found in multiple bird species. (wikipedia.org)

CDC officials have been saying for months that the virus primarily spreads between people in close contact (within about 6 feet) via large droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks that end up in the mouths or noses of people nearby. (breitbart.com)
In a quest to have preventive vaccination outrun the wild polio virus globally, a variety of informative campaigns were launched this year, primarily raising the number of awareness programs and vaccination drives in the last two countries that continue their fight against poliovirus: Afghanistan and Pakistan. (dawn.com)
The wild virus resides primarily in an infected person's throat and intestines, and enters another body through the mouth or nose. (dawn.com)
The disease generally spreads when the virus enters the body, primarily via the nose or mouth, which comes in contact of food or water carrying virus strains. (dawn.com)
This may have implications for smokers given that the virus that causes COVID-19 primarily affects the respiratory system often causing mild to severe respiratory damage [12], which could result in fatality. (who.int)

If a person comes in contact with an infected person's feces or sneeze and cough droplets, he/she is at a higher risk of catching the virus. (dawn.com)

The disease is usually found in tropical countries, but it is also worryingly spreading through Europe due to the changes in climate change. (mirror.co.uk)

CDC is currently updating its recommendations regarding airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19). (breitbart.com)
The virus that causes COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) is from the same family as MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV, both of which have been associated with cardiovascular damage (either acute or chronic) [19] [20]. (who.int)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify clinicians and health departments about the occurrence, geographic spread, and sexually associated human-to-human transmission of Clade I Monkeypox virus (MPXV) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (cdc.gov)

Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, new research finds. (livescience.com)
While a runny nose might spread through handshakes, people likely catch the loneliness bug through negative interactions. (livescience.com)
They are more likely than urban dwellers to die from chronic respiratory illnesses, heart disease and other problems that put people more at risk for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (aol.com)
We have detected the U.K and South African variants, but we also know that there are variants of the virus with origins in Turkey itself," said Prof. Dr. Hasan Tezer from the Health Ministry's Science Board, noting that some 400 people across the country have contracted the virus variants. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
People keep traveling between the provinces to visit their friends and relatives, thus we are worried that the virus variants may spread fast," he said. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
In the midst of our national effort to fight against this virus, a number of people have taken to organizing parties, who have drinking sprees, and some who walk in crowded spaces without the protection of masks," he said. (voanews.com)
People can use layers of protection at any time as an added measure to protect themselves and others from the spread of respiratory viruses, such as COVID-19, RSV, and the flu. (toronto.ca)
Respiratory viruses, such as COVID-19 and the flu, can spread more easily when people gather indoors together. (toronto.ca)
They performed mini-concerts on how the virus infects people. (turkishpress.com)
There could be a window of time when tears are highly infectious and people are coming in contact with it and able to spread it. (sciencedaily.com)
We are planning studies in people to find out whether infectious virus persists in the cornea or other compartments of the eye, because that would have implications for corneal transplantation," said Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, the Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, and the study's other senior author. (sciencedaily.com)
And it seems many people are all too willing to unwittingly help spread such links. (sophos.com)
After two people died from the uncommon and fatal Nipah virus, Indian's southern of Kerala is taking action to control an epidemic of the virus, closing schools and conducting hundreds of tests to stop its spread. (yahoo.com)
Kerala's health minister, Veena George, told reporters on Wednesday that more than 700 people have been identified as close contacts and are undergoing virus testing. (yahoo.com)
However, Prof Yardley did not say pubs were completely safe, adding: "Anywhere that people meet that they haven't seen each other before is a place that you can get spread. (independent.co.uk)
The virus can lead to encephalitis - inflammation of the brain and nervous system - and even death, with 286 people dying from West Nile in the U.S. in 2012. (time.com)
And regardless of what steps governments take, many people are limiting their activities as they fear contracting the virus. (local10.com)
While the virus could mutate , for now, the biggest concern for people appears to be whether the prices of eggs, chicken and turkey will rise. (ibtimes.com)
Health officials closely monitored the friends and family members of the sick patients and noted that none of them had come down with the virus, suggesting that the virus isn't transmitted between people, but rather from animals to people. (bgr.com)
That's an incredibly important distinction because it means that virus-positive individuals wouldn't be able to spread their illness to other people. (bgr.com)
They had recently travelled to South and Central America where thousands of people have been infected by the virus. (thejournal.ie)
As the doctors noted, when people exhale, heavier droplets (potentially containing virus) tend to drop to the ground because of gravity, whereas lighter droplets can remain suspended in breathable air. (healthday.com)
January 18, 2007: "Mutations in the bird flu virus have been found in two infected people in Egypt, in a form that might be resistant to the medication most commonly used to treat the deadly disease, the WHO said. (wikipedia.org)
500 million people were estimated to have been infected by the 1918 H1N1 flu virus. (cdc.gov)
And unfortunately, a lot of people think that this virus isn't even out there anymore. (medscape.com)

Other studies ( 2 - 4 ) examining the role of distance as a predictor of disease spread used confirmed cases only to determine when a new area had became affected. (cdc.gov)
Our research suggests that blocking sialokinin may be an exciting new approach that prevents severe disease following infection with numerous distinct viruses. (leeds.ac.uk)
They are intended to limit the spread of animal diseases or disease spillover to humans. (mpg.de)
REEDVILLE, Va. (AP) - While friendly close contact is essential to dolphin social bonds, sharing space and air can also quickly spread disease. (abcactionnews.com)
The disease first spread among the animal from 2013 to 2015. (abcactionnews.com)
There is much confusion about where PRV is originally from, whether it is transmitted between farmed and wild salmon, and how different lineages of the virus cause different severities of disease," said Dr. Mordecai. (sciencedaily.com)
If successful, the approach could greatly simplify large scale screening for the virus and curb the spread of the disease. (le.ac.uk)
Covid: Are you spreading the disease? (express.co.uk)
Now that the disease has started to spread through the community, any patient with respiratory symptoms potentially could be infected, though health officials note the likelihood remains low. (kcbx.org)
Not enough is known about 2019-nCoV to draw definitive conclusions about how it is transmitted, clinical features of disease, or the extent to which it has spread. (bgr.com)
Hepatitis A is a liver disease caused by hepatitis A virus. (cdc.gov)
In the United States, hepatitis A virus is present in most communities and can cause isolated cases of disease or widespread epidemics. (cdc.gov)
cooked foods can still spread the disease if they are contaminated after cooking. (cdc.gov)
February 6, 2007: H5N1 was found in a flock of 40 chickens near Islamabad, Pakistan and all the chickens are now dead from the disease bird flu or culling to prevent its spread. (wikipedia.org)
The virus , which co-circulates with WNV-2, has become endemic in the Region, where, in 2022, most human cases of neuroinvasive disease (WNND) reported in Europe have occurred. (bvsalud.org)

The symptoms for different respiratory viruses, such as COVID-19 and the flu, can look the same. (toronto.ca)
This new approach is exciting because it could help us determine whether a person is infectious or not, even before symptoms of the virus have appeared. (le.ac.uk)
But what is the Nipah virus and its symptoms? (yahoo.com)
It is understood they presented to a doctor with flu-like symptoms, before tests revealed that it was the virus. (thejournal.ie)
Three of every four persons infected with hepatitis A virus have symptoms. (cdc.gov)
However, an infected person who has no symptoms can still spread the virus. (cdc.gov)

By doing this, we want to show them how the virus could potentially be close to us and find us anywhere," Yildirim said, adding that they had received positive feedback from the locals. (turkishpress.com)

More precisely, they tried to demonstrate how the virus roams around with humans. (turkishpress.com)
Even though we didn't find live virus in mouse tears, that doesn't mean that it couldn't be infectious in humans," said Jonathan J. Miner, MD, PhD, an instructor in medicine and the study's lead author. (sciencedaily.com)
The Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus that can be transmitted to humans from animals, with fruit bats being the natural hosts according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). (yahoo.com)
Direct contact with infected humans , animals, or their bodily fluids, as well as intake or handling of contaminated products, are the two main ways that Nipah is spread. (yahoo.com)

Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Chinese health officials said Monday a third person has died from a mysterious new virus as it spreads throughout the country. (upi.com)
Health officials in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said in a statement that a patient infected with the new virus died over the weekend, bringing the death toll to three after a 69-year-old man died Wednesday and a 61-year-old-man died on Jan. 9. (upi.com)
Hundreds of mass goers may have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus while receiving Holy Communion at a Catholic church in Long Island on Christmas morning according to officials. (irishcentral.com)
The absolute worst-case scenario would be that this new virus has found a way to make the jump from person-to-person, though health officials are not yet able to determine if that's the case. (bgr.com)

In Belgium, a doctor testifying before parliament recently said the country's app made " no contribution " to efforts to reduce the virus's spread because it was voluntary rather than compulsory. (siliconrepublic.com)

But experts did not know what role it played in helping the virus to infect the body. (leeds.ac.uk)
Inspecting the behaviour of sialokinin on skin cells from mice, the team discovered that the molecule causes blood vessels to become permeable, allowing contents to leak out into the skin - which inadvertently helps viruses to infect the host. (leeds.ac.uk)
Oral, faecal and person-to-person transmission are some of the top routes the virus uses to infect a human body. (dawn.com)

When a child is infected with wild poliovirus, the virus enters the body through the mouth and multiplies in the intestine. (dawn.com)

Nevertheless, on Friday, the agency reportedly added that tiny particles (aerosols) can travel beyond six feet could spread the virus. (breitbart.com)
Virus-laden aerosols were mainly concentrated near and downstream from the patients,' the team reported. (healthday.com)

The surge in monkeypox cases is believed to be highly unusual due to the fact that they are occurring in North American and European countries where the virus is not common. (nationalinterest.org)
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday confirmed that the monkeypox virus has spread to more than twenty countries. (nationalinterest.org)
Monkeypox is generally found in Central and West African rainforests where animals that carry the virus live. (nationalinterest.org)

Loneliness spreads They found loneliness is catchy with three degrees of separation. (livescience.com)
This virus has been found similar to the 'sexy bird', a worm that also spread through MSN two years back. (spamfighter.com)
More transmissible variants of COVID-19 are spreading in Turkey and have already been found in over 30 provinces, experts have warned, adding that the impacts of those variants are yet to be seen. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
A recent Norwegian study found that a Canadian isolate of the virus causes heart lesions in Atlantic salmon. (sciencedaily.com)
In addition to being found in 23 species of bats throughout Asia, as well as in bats in Ghana and Madagascar, the Nipah virus has been isolated from the urine of bats in Malaysia. (yahoo.com)
Neither causation, nor a link with the Bernard Matthews plant in Hungary, has been established but the H5N1 bird flu strains found in geese in Hungary and the turkeys in Britain are 99.96% genetically identical, and almost certainly linked, according to an analysis of the viruses by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Weybridge, Surrey. (wikipedia.org)
The virus was originally found in monkeys. (lu.se)
This means that a 'reservoir' of the virus can be found in these animals, which can give rise to new outbreaks even if we were to overcome the spread of today", explains Stefan Schwartz. (lu.se)

Everyone has a role to play to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses (such as COVID-19, RSV and the flu). (toronto.ca)
There are a number of things you can do to improve indoor air quality and help reduce the spread of viruses. (toronto.ca)

Hundreds of mass goers may have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus while receiving Holy Communion at a Catho. (irishcentral.com)
Good personal hygiene, e.g., washing hands after using the bathroom, prevents the spread of hepatitis A virus infection. (cdc.gov)
Adequate chlorination of water (as recommended in the United States) kills hepatitis A virus. (cdc.gov)
Immune globulin is used to prevent hepatitis A both before and within 2 weeks after exposure to hepatitis A virus. (cdc.gov)
If you think that you have been exposed to hepatitis A virus, contact your physician or local health department to determine whether immune globulin is right for you. (cdc.gov)

Layers of protection are especially recommended when there is a higher risk of getting and spreading respiratory viruses. (toronto.ca)
Knowing when you are at higher risk of getting sick from a respiratory virus can help you make informed decisions about your health and when to use layers of protection. (toronto.ca)
Having an STD can increase your risk of getting or spreading HIV. (medlineplus.gov)
It also reduces the risk of spreading the virus to others. (medlineplus.gov)
If some parts of the world eliminate the virus while it spreads widely in other areas, we all run the risk of stronger strains evolving. (bvsalud.org)

According to the W.H.O, the virus can spread through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or breathes. (breitbart.com)
But there was also good news from the studies: Standard protective gear appears to effectively shield health care workers from these aerosolized droplets and infection, and even cloth face masks could curb the spread of exhaled droplets. (healthday.com)

Dr. Mike Ryan, the executive director of the W.H.O's health emergency program, told reporters that the United Nations organization had not seen any "new evidence" on the transmission of the virus through airborne particles. (breitbart.com)

January 17, 2007: Indonesia Works to Stem Bird Flu Cases - Indonesia plans to slaughter hundreds of thousands of backyard chickens over the next few weeks in a bid to stem a surge in human deaths from the H5N1 virus. (wikipedia.org)

As India is under lockdown, we see the attempts to contain the Corona Virus. (countercurrents.org)
Surely one recalls that in Mid- February the Corona Virus (CV) was declared as a global threat by WHO, and a warning was given to put the airport screening in place. (countercurrents.org)
Women who don't cut their hair short will spread corona virus. (abovetopsecret.com)
Women, cut your hair short to stop the spread of corona virus. (abovetopsecret.com)
This just in we have the new corona virus hair style for women. (abovetopsecret.com)
That says hey if you cut your hair short it will stop the spread of corona virus. (abovetopsecret.com)

The study highlights the role of aquaculture in introducing novel pathogens to new regions, where they then spread to wild fish, and integrates the expertise of the two senior authors, Dr. Kristi Miller, a DFO scientist and Professor Jeffrey Joy, a UBC evolutionary geneticist. (sciencedaily.com)

The large Ethiopian population has very low yellow fever immunity and yet the yellow fever virus is endemic in the country. (who.int)
Without the work of EYE partners, yellow fever has the potential to trigger large epidemics with international spread. (who.int)

HIV is spread through certain body fluids from a person who has HIV. (medlineplus.gov)

The spread of severe infectious diseases was successfully reduced during the 20th century, but now the dark clouds are gathering. (lu.se)

They spend a lot of time with them and that's actually when the infection is most likely to spread. (independent.co.uk)

Indications are that the virus first appeared in the US, being posted to a number of sex and erotica news groups late on Monday night. (taipeitimes.com)
A Chinese woman suffering from fever and respiratory problems who arrived in South Korea via Incheon International Airport tested positive for the virus, Yonhap News Agency reported. (upi.com)

It happens when the body's immune system is badly damaged because of the virus. (medlineplus.gov)
If it is not treated, eventually the virus will weaken your body's immune system. (medlineplus.gov)

Health Minister Chris Hipkins said there were 12 more cases of community transmission, and one probable, following the shock re-emergence of the virus in Auckland this week. (bangkokpost.com)
For example, in Guinea (using data through week 33), the reporting of confirmed cases across all affected districts occurred on just 4 different weeks while the reporting of cases based on all types (i.e. including suspect and probable cases too) was spread across 8 weeks. (cdc.gov)
The first U.S. cases were confirmed in New York City in 1999, and it has now spread throughout much of the world. (time.com)
There were more than 5,500 cases reported that year, and the scary thing is that as the climate warms, West Nile will continue to spread. (time.com)
The UCLA model indicates that higher temperatures and lower precipitation will generally lead to more cases of West Nile, as well as the spread of the virus to northern territories that haven't yet been affected by it. (time.com)
At least two cases of virus infection have now been confirmed outside of China, with one patient testing positive for the virus in Thailand earlier this week followed by a second in Japan. (bgr.com)
Viruses can change over time, adapting to new conditions and, in some cases, mutating in ways that change how they spread. (bgr.com)
Medical experts state that while the virus itself is not a sexually transmitted infection , the recent surge in cases seems to have been spread among gay and bisexual men. (nationalinterest.org)
MPXV has two distinct genetic clades (subtypes), and cases of Clade I MPXV have not been reported in the United States at this time (a clade is a broad grouping of viruses that has evolved over decades and is a genetic and clinically distinct group). (cdc.gov)

This virus apparently doesn't affect users' computers but it infects their MSN Messenger. (spamfighter.com)

Genome sequencing of viruses from farms and wild fish further indicates that transmission occurs between farms and wild salmon. (sciencedaily.com)
The new virus was identified as the Persistence -Derived Transmission of EBOV (VPGTe). (who.int)

Viruses are scary because they can mutate and gain new powers much more quickly than any other kind of pathogen. (nextbillion.net)

The strange and slightly troubling saga of the mysterious virus that sprung up in China a few weeks ago just entered a frightening new phase. (bgr.com)

1. Stop spreading the hoax virus warning. (sophos.com)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- William S. Haraf, California Commissioner of Financial Institutions, made a formal request to DFI licensees today: help stop the spread of the West Nile Virus. (cutimes.com)

We're hoping that anybody who might come down with the virus comes out and gets the vaccination, "he added. (irishcentral.com)
There is no vaccination for the virus, and there are only supportive treatments available. (yahoo.com)

The app was designed to detect when a person was in close contact with another person that later tested positive for the virus. (siliconrepublic.com)

One such invention, a clever genetic tool that maps in real time how viruses spread, has just won the Open Science Prize , given for "unleashing the power of data to advance discovery and improve health. (nextbillion.net)

BACOLOD CITY - Two cities and a town in Negros Occidental have closed all their tourist destinations to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (inquirer.net)
In order to prevent the spread of HIV it is important you get tested and know your status," he said. (newson6.com)

In Spain scientists are currently vaccinating pigs with self-spreading viruses (that have not been modified in a laboratory) against African swine fever as part of contained experiments. (mpg.de)
The mask can easily be processed in any standard virus diagnostic laboratory. (le.ac.uk)
In 1918, as scientists had not yet discovered flu viruses, there were no laboratory tests to detect, or characterize these viruses. (cdc.gov)

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