May 10, 2012
WHO head calls for a focus on building healthcare capacity, asks for more funds.
Also, a study found distinct temporal patterns between cases, GBS, and microcephaly.
Improved testing may identify pathogens unsuspected by clinicians and create a need for infectious disease expertise in interpreting and acting on findings.
In other developments, Saudi Arabia reported 3 more cases, 1 of them fatal.
At least 25 people in 9 states have been sickened in a new Salmonella outbreak.
A 20-study meta-analysis finds good evidence of an association between the virus and acute flaccid myelitis.
Recent gains in preventing the disease in pregnancy may be lost as resistance to prophylactic treatment rises.
A survey of parents suggests that few physicians fully explain the rationale for watchful waiting.
The CDC notes 6 instances of Zika-linked birth defects, 3 involving live births.
The funds will help health departments nationwide identify resistant bacteria quickly and will support 7 regional labs.
Also, New York's first 80 cases point to the usefulness of urine testing for diagnosis.
Today's emergency declaration was tailored to spur coordinated international study into the possible serious complications of the disease.
Findings include neurologic problems and a potential for virus survival in semen for 18 months.
The WHO Zika emergency committee, in its 2nd meeting, called for stronger steps.
