Tag: latin-america
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Experiments show link between Zika and foetal brain damage
Scientists on Friday said they had found the first evidence of a biological link between the Zika virus sweeping Latin America and microcephaly, a severe deformation of the brain among newborns. Laboratory tests found that the virus targeted key cells involved in brain development and then destroyed or disabled them, they said. The findings are…
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Experiments show link between Zika and foetal brain damage
Scientists on Friday said they had found the first evidence of a biological link between the Zika virus sweeping Latin America and microcephaly, a severe deformation of the brain among newborns. Laboratory tests found that the virus targeted key cells involved in brain development and then destroyed or disabled them, they said. The findings are…
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Lab study supports linking Zika virus to brain birth defect
A lab study has found that Zika can infect embryonic cells that help form the brain, adding to evidence that the virus causes a serious birth defect. The mosquito-borne virus, which is spreading in Latin …
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Airline bookings to Latin America fall after U.S. warning on Zika: study
Airline bookings to parts of Latin America and the Caribbean have slipped globally since a U.S. public health agency warned pregnant women against travel to areas where the Zika virus is spreading, travel data analysis company ForwardKeys said Friday. Bookings to regions hit by the mosquito-borne virus fell some 3.4 percent from a year ago…
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Airline bookings to Latin America fall after U.S. warning on Zika: study
Airline bookings to parts of Latin America and the Caribbean have slipped globally since a U.S. public health agency warned pregnant women against travel to areas where the Zika virus is spreading, travel data analysis company ForwardKeys said Friday. Bookings to regions hit by the mosquito-borne virus fell some 3.4 percent from a year ago…
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CDC, Brazil start big study to test Zika link to birth defects
U.S. and Brazilian researchers are heading to João Pessoa in the state of Paraíba on Monday to recruit mothers and babies in one of the biggest government-led studies to understand whether the Zika virus is linked to microcephaly, a rare birth defect. Brazil has confirmed more than 500 cases of microcephaly, defined by an unusually…