Thai man in Taiwan confirmed to be country's first case of Zika virus

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Thai man in Taiwan confirmed to be country's first case of Zika virus
By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- A Thai man travelling to Taiwan for work has been confirmed to be infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

The 24-year-old man, who has been living in northern Thailand and was coming to Taiwan to work, is Taiwan's first case of the virus, Focus Taiwan reported.

Taiwan's Ministry of Health and Welfare said the unnamed man was detected as having a fever when he arrived at Taoyuan International Airport on Jan. 10, and has now been admitted to a local hospital for observation.

The US-based Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said it was the first case of the Zika virus detected in Taiwan since the agency started monitoring for the infection.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2016/01/21/thai-man-taiwan-confirmed-be-countrys-first-case-zika-virus


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2016-01-21

[NextStationBangkok]

2013 SARS

2014 MERS

2015 EBOLA

2016 ZIKA???

Sounds like big drug companies are playing on the field....

[evadgib]

Zika virus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[simple1]

The OP doesn't provide sufficient info regards the known serious outcomes for pregnant women who contract the Zika virus. US authorities have warned pregnant women not to travel to locations with Zika virus or at least take precautions against being bitten by mosquito species which carry the dengue fever as they can be carriers of the Zika virus

Authorities work to create vaccine for mosquito-borne Zika virus, believed to cause severe deformities in children.

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/pregnancy/authorities-work-to-create-vaccine-for-mosquitoborne-zika-virus-believed-to-cause-severe-deformities-in-children/news-story/4bd7640b3729555bc8844cbcae5f5e48

Edited January 21, 2016 by simple1

[SOTIRIOS]

.....haphazard.....???

[springheeled jack]

zika and dengue fever are one and the same I think personally that everyone entering a country should carry a medical clearance certificate from their country of origin .

[expat_4_life]

The OP doesn't provide sufficient info regards the known serious outcomes for pregnant women who contract the Zika virus. US authorities have warned pregnant women not to travel to locations with Zika virus or at least take precautions against being bitten by mosquito species which carry the dengue fever as they can be carriers of the Zika virus

Authorities work to create vaccine for mosquito-borne Zika virus, believed to cause severe deformities in children.

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/pregnancy/authorities-work-to-create-vaccine-for-mosquitoborne-zika-virus-believed-to-cause-severe-deformities-in-children/news-story/4bd7640b3729555bc8844cbcae5f5e48

Some people are making connections between The Genetically modified Mosquito Experiments and the rise of Zika Virus

http://consciouslifenews.com/gmo-mosquito-trial-brazil-reverse-effect-dengue-fever-emergency/1175069/

http://theunhivedmind.com/wordpress3/is-the-zika-virus-in-brazil-being-spread-by-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-funded-by-bill-gates/

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/01/19/brazil_and_jamaica_tell_women_to_avoid_pregnancy_for_zika.html

[Melyn]

zika and dengue fever are one and the same I think personally that everyone entering a country should carry a medical clearance certificate from their country of origin .

Zika and dengue are different viruses but are carried by the same mosquito.

[Squeegee]

Zika virus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the Flaviviridae virus family and the Flavivirus genus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. In humans, it causes a mild illness known as Zika fever, Zika, or Zika disease, which since the 1950s has been known to occur within a narrow equatorial belt from Africa to Asia. In 2014, the virus spread eastward across the Pacific Ocean to French Polynesia, then to Easter Island and in 2015 to South America, Central America, and the Caribbean and is now considered pandemic.^[1] The illness is like a mild form of dengue fever,^[2] is treated by rest,^[3] and cannot be prevented by drugs or vaccines.^[4] Zika disease is related to yellow fever and West Nile disease, which are caused by other arthropod-borne flaviviruses.^[2] A link to microcephaly in newborns of infected mothers is now thought possible.^[5] In January 2016, the CDC issued travel guidance on affected countries, including the use of enhanced precautions and considering postponing travel, and guidelines for pregnant women.^[6][7]

^{So our friendly neighbourhood aedes aegypti strikes again.}

Edited January 22, 2016 by Squeegee

[bangon04]

So one question might be: How many times has Zika virus in Thailand been misdiagnosed as Dengue Fever ?

[IAMHERE]

So one question might be: How many times has Zika virus in Thailand been misdiagnosed as Dengue Fever ?

or a bad cold or flu .

[Dumbastheycome]

Zika is a reminder that viral infections known, unknown, or variants are as much a part of life as anything else. Humanity probably would not exist as it does now ( for better or for worse ) without them..

With the exponential rise in the human population at the expense of other species is there any cause for suprise that infections with the mutational capacity to do so will transfer to a new host. Dengue fever is an intriguing example.

It is curiously ignored that the "common cold" virus is a potentially genocidal infection. To date it's self limiting capacity renders it an inconvenient nuisance with some secondary infection potential. But it generates massive economic effects. Downtime versus symptomatic pharmaceutical sales.

Conspiratorial comment about efforts to remedy endemic diseases by way of genetic modifications abound.

Zika is the subject of such comment.

Correct or not it does give cause to consider such an outcome if it is eventually inflicted on humanity as a whole with no transparency in a select group or individual decision to arbitarily introduce GE with the mere "assumption" of beneficial outcome.

There is no greater responsibility in that assumption than there is in the careless distribution of antibiotics for sufferers of viral infection !

That practice has now led to a situation where 4th generation antibiotics are only available for the wealthy and even then on a case by case approval. 1st and 2nd generation antibiotics are about equivalent to a placebo. In Thailand sufferers of gangrene are given such. The outcome is unsurprising !

A humanitarian contradiction in policy is the question of medical intervention versus food distribution intervention. .

That contradiction presents as: you can starve to death but for our selfish sakes do not send us a new disease while you starve !