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CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. researchers have found that Zika can attack special populations of brain cells in adult mice in the part of the brain involved in learning and memory, raising new questions about how the virus may be impacting millions of adults who have been infected with the virus. The findings, published on Thursday in the journal “Cell Stem Cell,” are the first to look at whether Zika can attack the same kinds […]
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PIA) – Noting on the rise of dengue cases every two years in Northern Mindanao, Department of Health-Research Epidemiology Surveillance, and Disaster Response Unit in the region calls for community’s involvement in controlling the spread of the disease. “We can’t do it alone, we need the people to imbibe and practice the 4S strategy in dengue prevention which stands for Search and destroy the possible breeding place of Aedes aegypti, Seek […]
Looking into the dengue virus, chikungunya and Zika virus, videographics by AFP TV DENGUE, chikungunya and Zika come from the same family of viruses. They are transmitted by the ‘Aedes’ mosquito, Aedes aegypti and the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus. Ahedes aegypti is mainly found in the tropics, while the Asian tiger mosquito is found in both tropical and temperate climates, invading the Americas and even Europe. The three illnesses have several symptoms in […]
