Lessons learned can improve Zika response and US readiness for the next threat, experts said.
Patients with severe disease had high viral levels and extreme immune-system overreaction that led to destruction of healthy tissues.
A study published in the July issue of The Lancet Global Health notes that weakness, fever, distress, and diarrhea were common symptoms in children under the age of 5 years who were being treated for Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa, and many presented without a fever.
The MCR-1 resistance gene, which has now been detected in at least 20 countries and renders bacteria resistant to the last-resort antibiotic colistin, poses a "substantial public health risk" to the European Union and must be combatted on a range of fronts, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said today in its latest rapid risk assessment.
Federal officials have detected the MCR-1 resistance gene in another Escherichia coli isolate taken from a pig, bringing to three the number of US detections in 3 weeks, after the gene was found in late May in samples from a person and a separate pig.
Low doses of the Makona strain of Ebola failed to cause disease, tissue lesions, or high viral titers in macaques when administered via the mouth or eye, according to a study yesterday in the Journal of Infectious Disease.
Today the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Liberia free of Ebola transmission—meaning the last patient in the country tested negative for a second time 42 days ago—a step that marks the third time West Africa has been declared free of Ebola after its massive outbreak in 2014 and 2015.
Ebola virus (EBOV) from the West Africa outbreak survived more than 30 days in blood in syringe needles—even in hot, humid conditions— and 6 days on paper money under experimental conditions, according to a study yesterday in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that its Zika emergency committee will meet for the third time on Jun 14, according to a notice e-mailed to journalists. It said experts will review the implementation and impact of the recommendations it made as part of their declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
After 18 days with no new cases, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a MERS infection in an elderly woman.
