Senator Nelson has a talk about the virus last week. The numbers are climbing. I understand his concern of course, but, even if there are 3 or 4 cases per week that is still not a resident source, so much as people returning from other countries. If there was a significant number per week, then I would believe it was a resident source in Florida.
That is only my opinion. I am sure the CDC would have a far more insightful and accurate opinion.
May 6, 2016
By Daniel Chang
Florida health officials (click here) confirmed three new Zika virus infections in Florida on Friday, including two cases in Miami-Dade and one in Seminole County — raising the statewide total to 105 people affected since January, more than any state.
That is only my opinion. I am sure the CDC would have a far more insightful and accurate opinion.
May 6, 2016
By Daniel Chang
Florida health officials (click here) confirmed three new Zika virus infections in Florida on Friday, including two cases in Miami-Dade and one in Seminole County — raising the statewide total to 105 people affected since January, more than any state.
Most of the cases in Florida have been reported in Miami-Dade, where 42 people have contracted the infectious disease this year. Another 15 cases have been confirmed in Broward....
I strongly recommend the entire tear of the southern USA states, including southern California, do whatever they have to do (WITHOUT DESTROYING WATER QUALITY) to defeat any mosquito infestation. There are methods now that actually attack the larva before it becomes a flying insect. So, get rid of the larva. It will require fairly good numbers in field staff WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING !!! No guess work. They need to wear their own protective equipment and know the difference between fish larva and mosquito larva. A team leader can teach the crew what they need to know.
Which is the fish larva and which is the mosquito larva? ASK THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST!
May 6, 2016
By Elizabeth Payne
Which is the fish larva and which is the mosquito larva? ASK THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST!
May 6, 2016By Elizabeth Payne
One of the scientists (click here) behind Canada’s Ebola vaccine says he hopes to get Health Canada’s approval within weeks to begin phase one trials on an experimental Zika vaccine.
Dr. Gary Kobinger, chief of the special pathogens biosafety level 4 program at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, told an Ottawa audience Thursday that lessons learned during the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa should help speed vaccine production for emerging outbreaks, including Zika, which causes microcephaly in some infants.
Work on the Ebola vaccine, which would normally have taken 10 years, was done in a year and a half, he said. And some of that work could be faster still in the future.
Kobinger will leave his position in Winnipeg next month to take over as head of the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases at Laval University. Part of that program’s mandate is rapid vaccine development by using “platforms” that can be used to create specific vaccines to help control outbreaks.
The race to develop a vaccine to protect against Zika comes as the mosquito-borne outbreak is rapidly expanding through South and Central America, the Caribbean and beyond, leaving hundreds of babies with underdeveloped brains and some adults with neurological effects...
