Christophe Tricot
2 min readOct 5, 2016

The last news about Zika Virus

Zika virus: Seventh batch of Zika-positive mosquitoes found in Miami Beach health department reports six new local cases

More Zika-infected mosquitoes have been captured in Miami Beach as the Florida Department of Health reported that the number of local infections occurring outside of the city’s transmission zone had risen again.

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Zika Vaccine Could Actually be Profitable, Companies Say — NBC News

The race to find protection against the Zika virus is fueled by something often missing from tropical disease research: the potential for big profit.

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Zika Causes Widespread Damage to Fetal Brain

A new study shows that Zika virus causes so much varied damage throughout the fetal brain that researchers are suggesting the term congenital Zika syndrome be used to describe the numerous birth defects.

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Culex mosquitoes do not transmit zika virus, study finds — ScienceDaily

A new study has found important results in the fight against Zika virus: Culex mosquitoes do not appear to transmit Zika virus.

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Texas Urges Zika Testing Along Mexican Border

Texas public health officials issued an alert to doctors urging more Zika testing along the Texas-Mexico border.

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