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Zika virus and new super bacteria threaten Rio Olympic athletes

Published on July 6, 2016

Zika virus and new super bacteria pose a threat to athletes at the approaching Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Researchers are monitoring the potential Zika virus exposure risk among Olympic athletes, coaches, and other U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) members attending the 2016 Summer Olympics. Catherine Y. Spong, director of National Institute of Child Health ...click here to read more

Zika virus 2016 update: Benign bacteria block Zika spread in mosquitoes, new model developed to study role of sex in Zika transmission

Written by Emily Lunardo

Published on July 5, 2016

Zika virus 2016 update: Benign bacteria were found to completely block the transmission of Zika and Chikungunya in mosquitoes and scientists developed a new model to examine the role of sex in Zika transmission. The researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that the benign bacterium known as Wolbachia pipientis can be used to block the ...click here to read more

Zika virus update 2016: Scientists track mosquitoes by county, inheritable bacterium controls mosquito’s ability to transmit Zika

Written by Dr. Victor Marchione

Published on June 21, 2016

Thanks to the Zika virus, mosquito-borne diseases that were once a rarity in the United States are making the headlines a bit too often for comfort in the country. In an effort to curb the spread of the virus, and prevent a Zika epidemic, researchers from the centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are ...click here to read more