Macao has reported its first human H7N9 avian influenza case, involving a 58-year-old man who owns a poultry market stall, according to a Xinhua report today in Chinese translated and posted by Avian Flu Diary (AFD), an infectious disease news blog. AFD said there are multiple media outlets reporting the finding, which was announced in an early morning media briefing by the local health department.
All of Miami-Dade County is still a CDC cautionary area, and officials said more sporadic cases are likely.
The report adds to the growing body of literature linking Zika to a rise in microcephaly.
Also, New York's first 80 cases point to the usefulness of urine testing for diagnosis.
Also, Florida reported five more local Zika cases, all involving people who were sick earlier this fall.
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison today described a new technique that could improve the production of influenza B vaccine viruses, consisting of a "backbone" for adding specific components to protect against both the Victoria and Yamagata lineages. They reported their findings today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Florida said the Little River neighborhood is no longer an active site of Zika transmission.
Findings from "minibrain" experiments raise new questions on how Zika infects developing fetal brain cells.
The case, involving a woman in Brownsville, is the first local US case outside Florida.
Also, a second mouse study finds evidence that the virus damages testes and fertility.
