When Zika was first discovered it was considered to be no more of a risk than flu. Now, fears of Zika are reaching fever-pitch in South America and elsewhere as the demand for abortions in stricken Countries rises dramatically. Is it possible Women on the Web are adding to the fear and cashing in on the controversy by offering, ostensibly poor and uneducated women, free medical abortions.
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Showing posts with label zika virus. Show all posts
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Thursday, 11 February 2016
Zika Virus Patent
The Zika Virus is a relative of Dengue (Dengue Fever) "Flavivirus" family of viral infections typically prevalent in the African and South American sub-continents (tropics, equatorial, sub-equatorial climates). Patents for the treatment of related viral infections include Zika (Google Patent search oldest entry dates to 1987/88), however there appears to be no Patent application or assignment for the Zika Virus itself, only an original depository of Zika with the ATCC (American Type Culture Collection).
- Name of Depositor: J. Casals, Rockefeller Foundation
- Source: Blood from experimental forest sentinel rhesus monkey, Uganda, 1947
- Year of Origin: 1947
- References: Dick GW, Kitchen SF, and Haddow AJ. Zika Virus. I. Isolations and Serological Specificity. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 46: 509-520, 1952. PubMed: 12995440
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