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'Uitbraak zikavirus in VS onwaarschijnlijk'

Monique Verlind (DJMO)

Een grote uitbraak van het door muggen verspreide zikavirus in de Verenigde Staten is volgens gezondheidsfunctionarissen onwaarschijnlijk, meldde nieuwszender ABC vrijdag.

Het virus zal zich niet snel naar de VS verspreiden, stelt directeur Anthony Fauci van het Nationaal Instituut voor Allergie en Infectieziekten. Hij voegde er wel aan toe dat het instituut het probleem niet lichtvaardig neemt. Fauci: "Wat wij doen is ons voorbereiden op een grote uitbraak, maar in werkelijkheid denken wij dat het niet zover zal komen."

Voor zover bekend is in de Verenigde Staten tot nu toe een besmettingsgeval bekend.

'Uitbraak zikavirus in VS onwaarschijnlijk' (Foto: ANP)

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7 reacties

zaterdag 30 januari 2016, 08:25 uur #1

Blarik

Kwestie van tijd totdat de muggen bijvoorbeeld met autobanden mee zijn geëxporteerd naar USA. Of naar Europa....

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zaterdag 30 januari 2016, 08:31 uur #2

foton

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Phase 1: ontkenning.

zaterdag 30 januari 2016, 09:52 uur #3

Poekieman

Voorbereiden = iedereen onnodig met onnodig duur vaccin inspuiten.

Hebben we in NL ook niet zo'n virus expert / investeerder.

De pharmafia is big business ...

Goud kan je niet bijdrukken

zaterdag 30 januari 2016, 10:19 uur #4

Freakyladybb

What exactly is Zika?
The virus was discovered in 1947 in a feverish rhesus monkey living in the Zika Forest of Uganda, but until 2007 scientists knew of only 14 human cases of the disease. That year it arrived on the travel-brochure-perfect Yap Island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Within a few months, nearly three-quarters of the island's 11,000 or so residents older than 3 had been infected.
Initially the patients experienced fever, joint pain and eye inflammation, but eventually they also contracted a red bumpy rash; some complained of swollen hands and feet, while others threw up.

Brazil is ground zero for the Zika outbreak, health officials have said, but now they are investigating another twist in the puzzle: a link between the virus and a rare birth condition known as microcephaly. Brazil has experienced almost 3,900 cases of the "rare" disease since October; babies involved have suffered serious brain damage.
In recent days, health officials in a number of countries have begun to warn women to consider delaying pregnancy, since they are so worried about containing the virus. Those countries include Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador and Jamaica, according to The Post. An estimated 80 percent of people infected have no symptoms, making it difficult for pregnant women to know whether they have been infected.
At present, the known U.S. cases were probably caused by people who were traveling to the affected countries and were bitten by mosquitoes. Still, there is some thought that the U.S. may be experiencing its own free-standing outbreak. Brazil is spending scarce resources to battle the disease. So far, the country has spent about $300 million to battle it, sending troops door-to-door to destroy places where mosquitoes may breed.
"We never paid too much attention to this virus," Paulo Zanotto, a microbiology professor at the University of Sao Paulo and coordinator of 42 laboratories studying Zika, told The Post. "I'm really worried because we have no idea of the amount of spread."
Brazilian health officials believe that there are currently somewhere between 400,000 and 1.4 million Zika cases in the country of about 200 million.

zaterdag 30 januari 2016, 11:58 uur #5

martino2701

quote:
Op zaterdag 30 januari 2016 @ 10:19 schreef Freakyladybb het volgende:
What exactly is Zika?
The virus was discovered in 1947 in a feverish rhesus monkey living in the Zika Forest of Uganda, but until 2007 scientists knew of only 14 human cases of the disease. That year it arrived on the travel-brochure-perfect Yap Island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Within a few months, nearly three-quarters of the island's 11,000 or so residents older than 3 had been infected.
Initially the patients experienced fever, joint pain and eye inflammation, but eventually they also contracted a red bumpy rash; some complained of swollen hands and feet, while others threw up.

Brazil is ground zero for the Zika outbreak, health officials have said, but now they are investigating another twist in the puzzle: a link between the virus and a rare birth condition known as microcephaly. Brazil has experienced almost 3,900 cases of the "rare" disease since October; babies involved have suffered serious brain damage.
In recent days, health officials in a number of countries have begun to warn women to consider delaying pregnancy, since they are so worried about containing the virus. Those countries include Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador and Jamaica, according to The Post. An estimated 80 percent of people infected have no symptoms, making it difficult for pregnant women to know whether they have been infected.
At present, the known U.S. cases were probably caused by people who were traveling to the affected countries and were bitten by mosquitoes. Still, there is some thought that the U.S. may be experiencing its own free-standing outbreak. Brazil is spending scarce resources to battle the disease. So far, the country has spent about $300 million to battle it, sending troops door-to-door to destroy places where mosquitoes may breed.
"We never paid too much attention to this virus," Paulo Zanotto, a microbiology professor at the University of Sao Paulo and coordinator of 42 laboratories studying Zika, told The Post. "I'm really worried because we have no idea of the amount of spread."
Brazilian health officials believe that there are currently somewhere between 400,000 and 1.4 million Zika cases in the country of about 200 million.

1947 roswell

me , myself and...

zaterdag 30 januari 2016, 11:59 uur #6

martino2701

hihi ...morning conspricay aanbidders ....

dit virus komt niet in amerika maar word in april verwacht in zuid europa en germany.

Is dit voor de westerse markt