Another major illness being linked to Zika Virus – Report

zikaReports are emerging out of Brazil, that a second rare illness may be linked to the outbreak of the Zika virus (ZIKV) spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Health officials across the region including Jamaica have warned that the virus could be linked to microcephaly, a brain defect resulting in babies being born with unusually small heads.

However, the New York Times newspaper is reporting that Brazilian officials and doctors are warning about hundreds of cases of a rare syndrome in which patients can be almost completely paralyzed for weeks.

According to the report, disease specialists in Brazil say ZIKV may also be causing a surge in another rare condition, known as the Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS).

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12 Comments

  1. bubbleboyrismality
    January 23, 2016

    Where did the aids virus originated? And where did the virus caused more deaths?

  2. Mark
    January 23, 2016

    Plant more LEMONGRASS. I have lemon grass to the back and on both sides of my property. Mosquitoes don’t trouble me.

    It also smells nice and u can cook with it and make tea.

    Some Dominicans don’t even appreciate the vast resources they have nor do they know how to make use of it. Education in horticulture should be introduced from pre school to start empowering our people.

    • me
      September 7, 2016

      I am coming to Dominica so I need some of that lemon grass ok hook me up

  3. Me
    January 23, 2016

    Let’s cancel carnival…protect Dominicans. Already we cannot get sponsorship

  4. Sampi Triss
    January 23, 2016

    Anonymous2, Don´t just make up a story i your mind, look this up on google and you will understand the hole thing. You sound so damn backwards when you write shit like that.

    Thanks silver Fox for your comment :)

  5. January 23, 2016

    I believe comment 2 since i was young mosquito nbitting no virus all a sudden zika virus well mosquito or not i dont believe is the insects which is causing this virus

  6. Too Hard Too Long
    January 22, 2016

    This is beginning to sound very fishy. Someone should investigate the source of these viruses.

  7. anonymous2
    January 22, 2016

    I will guarantee you that these virus’ are being developed in laboratories and they know this particular mosquito is a good carrier of pathogens that can be injected into people. The carrier mosquitos are then released in various locations to see what happens. The human population is an experiment for these elitists. Bill Gates is an advocate of this as well ( he wants mosquitos to inject people with vaccines) as Prince Phillip who said that he wanted to come back as a virus that can kill people.

    • silver fox
      January 22, 2016

      Anonymous 2 The rubbish you people taking day and night no wonder we have a problem moving on in life.

      • Mark
        January 23, 2016

        If you knew half of the things they have released on human populations in the name of science/biological warfare you wouldn’t be spouting such trash. Wake up! This is real!

        http://www.rense.com/general36/history.htm

      • smdh
        January 25, 2016

        In brazil, they have re-engineered mosquitoes to fight some diseases like dengue. If you can re-engineer a mosquito to fight a disease, why not re-engineer one to create or spread one? they have also been able to make mosquitoes sterile. many times we only accept information if it is published by a renown established medical body or some doctor, but we criticize and laugh at the everyday man who has no established titles. almost 80 years ago the old people warned us about changes in the climates and that insects would be the indicators, birds would not fly south to look for food, bees and wasps would disappear. no-one believed them until as of late until we see it for ourselves. Just like cancer, billions goes into cancer research to help stop it, the the established organsations to dont really want it stopped. so they tell you there is no cure.

    • z
      January 23, 2016

      Ah, the fresh smell of the paranoid conspiracy theorist in the morning.

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