The study highlights ADE, when previous virus exposure enhances disease response.
In the past, the city has experienced outbreaks of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya that were spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
Chinese scientists have found that 62% of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) isolates they tested were also resistant to pyrazinamide (PZA), a key drug in treating MDR-TB, according to a study published yesterday in BMC Infectious Diseases.
The Florida Department of Health (Florida Health) on Nov 3 said a sexually transmitted Zika infection has been confirmed in Miami-Dade County, affecting a person whose partner had recently traveled to several countries, including Cuba, where active transmission is occurring.
The antibody protected both adult and fetal mice against Zika infection.
About 75% of counties on the US mainland have suitable habitat for Aedes mosquitoes, CDC researchers say.
The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday said French officials have notified it of a fatal yellow fever case in a 43-year-old Brazilian woman in French Guiana whose vaccination status isn't known.
In an ongoing multistate Cyclospora outbreak, 96 more patients without a history of international travel who were sick on or after May 1 have been reported to the US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), boosting the national total to 347, according to the agency's latest update.
The patients, hospitalized at a speciality center, had a variety of complications and some unusual features.
Also, the species might be resistant to cold temperatures.
