Posted on 05/28/2017 9:57:40 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India has reported three cases of the Zika virus for the first time, including two pregnant women who delivered healthy babies.
Health Ministry officials said Sunday that the three patients in western Gujarat state had recovered.
"There is no need to panic," Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, a top health ministry official, told reporters.
The World Health Organization said in a statement released Friday that the three cases that India reported to the WHO on May 15
were detected through routine blood surveillance in a hospital in Ahmadabad, Gujarat's capital.
Two cases were detected in February and November last year, while a third case was detected in January this year.
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Although Zika was first identified in 1947, the virus wasn't considered a major health threat until a major outbreak in Brazil in 2015
revealed that Zika can lead to severe birth defects when pregnant women are infected.
The WHO says although Zika symptoms are mild and no deaths have been reported globally,
it sometimes causes complications including microcephaly and Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Babies born to Zika-infected mothers have been found to have microcephaly, or a birth defect
where the head is abnormally small and brains might not have developed properly.
Guillain-Barre syndrome is a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system.
The WHO said the three were the first cases of Zika virus infections from India and provided evidence on the presence of the virus in the country.
None of the three cases had traveled outside of India
I don't know.
LOL
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rapid-onset muscle weakness caused by the immune system damaging the peripheral nervous system.[2] The initial symptoms are typically changes in sensation or pain along with muscle weakness, beginning in the feet and hands. This often spreads to the arms and upper body with both sides being involved. The symptoms develop over hours to a few weeks.[2] During the acute phase, the disorder can be life-threatening with about 15% developing weakness of the breathing muscles requiring mechanical ventilation.[1] Some are affected by changes in the function of the autonomic nervous system, which can lead to dangerous abnormalities in heart rate and blood pressure.
Wikipedia
Better than death, but not quite a walk in the park.
Thanks for the ping, TIK.
Since this is almost June, it appears that WHO/ Indian Health authorities
have the same concern for the general population and timely reporting that our own CDC has !
No kidding.
WHO says 3 Zika cases detected in India for 1st time
I don’t know
Sounds like it’s a question Chico would ask Groucho in a Marx Brothers movie, or a 3 Stooges short, or Abbott and Costello.
Who was the idiot CDC chief that was lying about Ebola a couple years ago?
How can he tell, when he's standing at first base?
I give up, WHO said it?
The Zika virus has been around for a long time, without the recent spate microcephalic infants. Some have reported that Monsanto supplied mosquito killing chemicals to South American countries to be help control than the virus that causes the birth defects. Some of the counries reportedly used the chemical incorrectly (if one gallon per X liters of water is good, then triple that amount is great).
Some are saying that blaming it in the virus instead of Monsanto helps keep the limelight off the real culprit and limits financial responsibility. Some say, and I believe them.
When there’s really ‘no need to panic’ no one tells you there’s no need...
“This won’t hurt” - it will.
“You can trust me” - you can’t - an honest person doesn’t have to say it.
“No need to panic” - considering panicking...
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