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A multidisciplinary team of physicians published a case study today in The New England Journal of Medicine, describing the nation's first locally-transmitted case of Zika.
The advantages of the new method are that it produces no toxic waste and provides a faster and less aggressive way of rendering pathogens inactive.
In a month-long experiment using a virus harmless to humans, biologists documented the evolution of a virus into two incipient species -- a process known as speciation.
Did you know that norovirus can trigger other gut problems?
The virus could be transmitted via the environment if an individual is pricked with an infected needle or has an open cut and comes in contact with the live virus.
"Your first infection sets you up for either success or failure in a huge way, even against 'novel' flu strains."
In fact, bats and primates appear to be responsible for the transfer of these viruses to other mammals in many cases.
The antibody was able to "inhibit infection by strains from both Africa and America in cell culture and in animals, including during pregnancy."