Zika Virus Explained by a Medical Doctor | Auburn Medical Group

A Medical Doctor explains Zika Virus.
A virus similar to the yellow fever and Dengue fever viruses.
It generally causes fever, rash, joint pain, and red eyes. The symptoms are usually mild and last for days to a week. Severe disease is unusual. Its main problem is causing birth defects when pregnant women are infected.
Prior to 2015 it existed in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands. In May 2015 it was first found in Brazil. It currently exists throughout Central and South America, extending from Northern Mexico to Southern Brazil
The particular species mosquito that transmits vesica virus is unique in that it is an aggressive daytime biter and prefers to bite people.
There has also been one report of possible spread of the virus through sexual contact.
There is no specific treatment or vaccine against the virus currently. Prevention it is composed primarily of avoiding mosquito bites. Treatment involves getting plenty of rest and drinking fluids. It is recommended that people with suspected Zika virus avoid aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs because of possible actual infection by dengue which can cause hemorrhaging.
Infected individuals are encouraged to avoid mosquito bites during the first week of infection as the infection can be spread to other people through mosquito bites.
There is no commercially available test for Zika virus, but blood samples can be sent to the CDC to be tested.

[jacquesvertus]

thanks for explaining the zika virus I feel pretty much better I was so scared

[jacquesvertus]

I really want to keep my family safe but most of the time its like they don't even care

[andrewlangham]

The first South American field trial of our Wolbachia method has begun in Brazil, with the initial releases of Wolbachia mosquitoes taking place in Tubiacanga.

The community of Tubiacanga, in Rio de Janeiro, has shown strong support for the releases and joined our team in a celebration to mark the occasion on September 24, 2014. The event drew attention from news services locally and across Brazil, where dengue is a significant and growing health problem.

We plan to release Wolbachia mosquitoes in our Tubiacanga field site once a week for approximately four months,

note;- it takes approx 6 months to start reducing zika in mosquito's using wolbachia bacteria' therefor this timing coincides exactly with the zika virus which is capable of switching the wolbachia gene cifA off ‘leaving the gne cif B turned on’ in the mosquito’ thus altering RNA in the mosquito and human sperm’ which when enters ovum causes neuron scaffold progenitor cells to mis-function’ when assembling the fetus’ which is the cause of microcephaly in new born babies;


note;- this after 9 to 12 months coincides exactly when microcephaly peaked in late November 2015 (week 47), an average of 23 weeks after the start of the epidemics of ZIKV infection and GBS

note well microcephaly occurs in the first trimester due to zika switching off wolbachia cif A genes and thus leaving cif B genes to cause neuron scaffold progenitor cells to fail;
most Doctors in Brazil now know this' however the presence of zika is now reduced due to wolbachia so the future looks bright and OK after all the trouble it has caused;

[jacquesvertus]

Oh, that's great to know? I've always been alert of those pesky bugs.Sadley I do know im going to get it eventually.

[severdislike]

More a question from the virology end. Do you happen to know what cell types it tends to target once in the human body and if so, what receptor sites is the virus prone to binding to? Regarding the pregnancies, while far from perfect, there are not a lot of viral or bacterial pathogens that can effectively vertically transmit through the placental barrier to the fetus, most conditions that can tend to fall into the "CHEAPTORCHES" grouping of viruses. Do you know if it shares similar traits to any of those viruses, and if so, which ones?

[jacquesvertus]

how wouid this winter cold temperature affect mosquitoes

[miznahaldhwyan]

is there any link between ZIKA virus and paralysis in adults?

[jacquesvertus]

still sort of scared but does it kill people that aren't b babies

[MultiMatthew]

I have the Zika virus and i can't see so good what wrong dr.

[andrewlangham]

The first South American field trial of our Wolbachia method has begun in Brazil, with the initial releases of Wolbachia mosquitoes taking place in Tubiacanga.

The community of Tubiacanga, in Rio de Janeiro, has shown strong support for the releases and joined our team in a celebration to mark the occasion on September 24, 2014. The event drew attention from news services locally and across Brazil, where dengue is a significant and growing health problem.

We plan to release Wolbachia mosquitoes in our Tubiacanga field site once a week for approximately four months,

note;- it takes approx 6 months to start reducing zika in mosquito’s using wolbachia bacteria’ therefor this timing coincides exactly with the zika virus which is capable of switching the wolbachia gene cifA off ‘leaving the gne cif B turned on’ in the mosquito’ thus altering RNA in the mosquito and human sperm’ which when enters ovum causes neuron scaffold progenitor cells to mis-function’ when assembling the fetus’ which is the cause of microcephaly in new born babies;

note;- this after 9 to 12 months coincides exactly when microcephaly peaked in late November 2015 (week 47), an average of 23 weeks after the start of the epidemics of ZIKV infection and GBS

note well microcephaly occurs in the first trimester due to zika switching off wolbachia cif A genes and thus leaving cif B genes to cause neuron scaffold progenitor cells to fail;
most Doctors in Brazil now know this’ however the presence of zika is now reduced due to wolbachia so the future looks bright and OK after all the trouble it has caused;

note also the zika virus has mutated to a weaker form' thanks to prayers to Jesus;