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Zika: A Bigger Threat to Pregnancy

July 17, 2018 Natalia Ciesielska

  While first discovered in the African country of Uganda in 1947, Zika virus, carried by mosquitos and endemic in many tropical areas of the

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Shedding Light on NTDs: Chikungunya

May 30, 2018 Lauren Goodwin

  Welcome to the first installment of Disease Daily’s Summer Series: “Shedding Light on Neglected Tropical Diseases”. This week, we are looking at chikungunya, an

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Cause Determined for Brazil’s Mysterious Black Urine Disease Outbreak

March 21, 2017 Cheryl Lang

  The Outbreak: Between December 2016 and February 2017, Brazil reported approximately 64 cases of a mysterious “Black Urine” disease in both the Bahia and

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Yet Another Outbreak Strikes: Yellow Fever in Brazil

January 31, 2017 Jackie Sheridan

              Brazil has had a disheartening start to 2017, with 555 suspected cases of yellow fever and 107 deaths reported. Thus far, 87 of

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Over 1,000 Deaths from H1N1 Outbreak in Brazil

July 12, 2016 Kara

As of July 1st, 2016, the Ministry of Health in Brazil confirmed that there have been 1,233 deaths linked to the ongoing H1N1 influenza outbreak

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Have We Underestimated the Zika Outbreak in Venezuela?

February 19, 2016 Colleen Nguyen

In Venezuela, there have been reports of over 5,000 suspected cases of the Zika virus [1, 2] – a virus with potential links to severe

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Unraveling the Zika Virus Mystery: Lessons Learned from Another Flavivirus

February 8, 2016 Sumiko Mekaru

Viruses, of course, do not live independently outside of their hosts. Rather, they are uniquely bundled bits of data that use the body of their

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Unraveling the Zika Virus Mystery: Lessons Learned from Another Flavivirus

February 8, 2016 Sumiko Mekaru

Viruses, of course, do not live independently outside of their hosts. Rather, they are uniquely bundled bits of data that use the body of their

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Zika Virus: A Quick Update

February 1, 2016 Colleen Nguyen

In early December 2015, we reported on Brazil’s microcephaly outbreak and its alleged potential connection with Zika virus. This piece is a quick update to

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Finally, A Vaccine Against Dengue?

January 5, 2016 Colleen Nguyen

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue is the “fastest spreading vector disease” in the world (1). Approximately half of the worldwide population is

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