Breakthrough on the virus zika – Polish Radio

                             Scientists in the US say they have found a potential link between the virus and zika microcephaly in births. Viruses probably destroy the cell from which the fetuses formed brain.
                         

According to Professor Guo Li-Ming University Johns Hopkins, viruses zika penetrate the cortex of unborn children.

– I probably those infected cells, so called progenitor cells, easier die. That can lead to brain damage and consequently to severe disability – she emphasized.

The researchers add that their data are not yet conclusive evidence.

Terrible virus

According to the WHO for “nearly 100 percent. infections” disease correspond to mosquitoes Aedes aegypti family. There has also infected sexually. The number of such cases reported last service in the US.

The World Health Organization (WHO) advises tourists returning from countries threatened Zika, that for at least four weeks after his return had sex only with a condom or completely abstain from sexual relations. A few weeks ago, the use of condoms in the current situation, recommended the French ministry of health.

Scientists suspect that zika has been linked to microcephaly (microcephaly) in infants and the occurrence of a rare condition known as Guillain-Barre syndrome, which in people with weakened immune systems can cause paralysis and, in extreme cases, death. In pregnant women, the virus can enter the fetus, cause birth defects and even lead to the death of a child.

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The wave of infections virus affected more than 30 countries, including most painfully Brazil, where there were more than 4.3 thousand. microcephaly probably related to Zika.

Recently, there were reports of confirmation of the presence of the virus in European tourists.

Experts predict that given the scale of prevalence of the virus in South America and frequency traveling abroad in Europe, likely such cases will arrive.

WHO treats the virus as an international threat. Previously, the message issued in 2014 in connection with the epidemic of Ebola.

Virus zika known since 1947, when it was discovered in Uganda. Until last year it was thought that he has no serious health effects. Currently there is no vaccine against the virus.

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