Microcephaly: WHO studies using Pernambuco protocol in other countries

Imip is one of the first health institutions in Pernambuco to attend children with microcephaly and became reference in the state. During the visit, the director talked with researchers and physicians from Pernambuco and attended a technical presentation from the institute of medicine, the state and municipal health departments on actions to combat Aedes aegypti and the monitoring of people affected by Zika virus and other diseases The director recalled that French Polynesia underwent a similar outbreak in 2013 and 2014 but that the territory did not identify the relationship between the Zika virus and neurological problems such as microcephaly. According to her, due to the Brazilian discovery of French Polynesia? Did she look back? and realized the same pattern, making the relationship between Zika and microcephaly more evident.

She also congratulated Brazil for the good work and stated that the country is not alone. The world, according to the WHO director, will help the country find ways to combat Aedes aegypti and the Zika virus. ? At this point, mosquito control by various methods is the first line of defense. Unfortunately we do not have a vaccine, a reliable diagnosis and few means to combat the problem, "he said.

Dressed in a Federal Zika Zero campaign shirt, she also called the mosquito complicated and persistent, since Aedes aegypti always finds ways to adapt and survive the methods of combat employed by various countries, with cases of dengue fever and chikungunya fever.

Zika infects nerve cells related to cranial formation

The Zika virus epidemic is spreading throughout the world. A study, published in the scientific journal Cell Host & Microbe, explains why babies born to mothers who had the virus had skulls smaller than the one they had had. than the average and disproportionate features. The virus would be responsible for attacking fetal brain cells, known as neural progenitor cells.

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Routine in large cities increases the chances of stroke

A survey carried out by the State Department of Health indicates that, on average, 106 people are hospitalized per day in public hospitals in the state of São Paulo with Stroke (Stroke) or AVE (Brain Vascular Accident). According to the Secretariat, there were 38,900 hospitalizations for stroke in the SUS (Unified Health System) of São Paulo in 2010, up from 36.

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