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How Tears Can Transmit Diseases
During an eye test, the eyes can expel tear droplets carrying viruses like SARS-CoV-2. THE ESSENTIAL The measurement of ocular ...
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Variant Delta: 3 out of 4 infections would occur before the onset of symptoms
Pre-symptomatic transmission represents up to 75% of infections with the Delta variant. THE ESSENTIAL The gap between receiving a positive ...
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Are flatulence really vectors of Covid?
The presence of faecal matter, where traces of virus are detectable, in flatulence raises questions about their infectious potential. THE ...
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40,000 delta cases per day on August 1: the scenarios envisaged by the Pasteur Institute
According to the Institut Pasteur, the number of daily hospital admissions could be similar to that of November 2020 by ...
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Seasonal flu: working people are the most affected
By going to work every day, employed people are, on average, 35.3% more likely to be affected by seasonal flu. ...
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HIV transmission from mother to child: a way to avoid it
Rare variants of HIV are thought to be involved in the transmission of HIV between an HIV-positive mother and her ...
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Dangerousness of the English variant, effect of the sun and contamination by surfaces: reassuring news
Some good news about SARS-CoV-2 since the virus is less transmissible by surfaces and in the sun. The British variant, ...
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A hybrid virus from two variants of SARS-CoV-2 spotted in California
This hybrid could have been born in a patient who had been contaminated simultaneously by two variants of the original ...
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Father stressed during childhood: his children are at risk of being stressed in turn
The father's early exposure to stress is transmitted to his child by accelerating the development of the baby's white matter. ...
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DSG box. Volkswagen’s dual-clutch transmission is 20 years old
The first robotic double-clutch gearbox appeared on the Golf 4 R32 in 2003. In 2002, Volkswagen announced the arrival of ...
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Covid-19: the British variant present in Ile de France but out of the question in Rennes
Nine people had tested positive for a variant form of Covid-19, in a long-term care unit of the Geriatric Center ...
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Covid-19: very few contaminations in nurseries
In the United States, in the state of Ohio, staff working in nurseries accounted for less than 1% of cases ...
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Covid-19: why a vaccine will not necessarily be the “miracle solution”
The announcement by the American laboratory Pfizer of an effectiveness of “90%” for its vaccine against Covid has raised real ...
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Coronavirus can last up to 28 days on a phone
At a temperature of 20 degrees, Sars-Cov-2 can survive up to 28 days on phone screens, glass, steel or even ...
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The coronavirus survives up to 9 hours on the skin but little on the external surfaces
The lifespan of the virus on human skin can extend up to nine hours, four times longer than the flu. ...
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Coronavirus: the arrival of the flu could double its transmission
The flu would multiply by 2.5 on average the rate of transmission of Covid-19 during the period of common circulation ...
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Covid-19: speaking Japanese would reduce the risk of transmission
This language uses less exhaled sounds, which reduces the risk of droplet projection, compared to English. The new coronavirus is ...
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HIV: a first case of transmission of a multi-resistant strain discovered in France
The Toulouse University Hospital is alerting to a case of transmission of an HIV strain resistant to all conventional antiretrovirals. ...
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United States: the Academy of Pediatrics is concerned about the number of children sick with Covid-19
The number of Covid-19 contaminations of children in the United States more than doubled during the summer. A phenomenon that ...
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Covid-19: the Chinese bus case which supports the thesis of transmission by aerosol
The transmission of Covid-19 during a bus trip as part of a religious event in China last January has been ...
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Genomic analysis reveals that many animals are vulnerable to Covid-19
Probably originating in the world of bats, SARS-CoV-2 is introduced to humans but also to other living beings, not necessarily ...
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Covid-19: how is the virus transmitted at school?
According to a European report, the reopening of schools has not led to an increase in cases and transmission between ...
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The new coronavirus has been present in the bat for at least 40 years
A team of international researchers suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 which causes the pandemic has been circulating in bats for more ...
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Transmission of the coronavirus: mosquitoes out of the question
American researchers have succeeded in proving that SARS-CoV-2 is not transmitted by mosquitoes. THE ESSENTIAL Mosquitoes are refractory to SARS-CoV-2 ...
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Covid-19: the virus can be transmitted through the uterus
In the United States, a baby girl born prematurely has tested positive for Covid-19. His mother had it. According to ...
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Coronavirus: transmission to the baby remains uncertain
Researchers have found traces of SARS-CoV-2 in the placenta, the umbilical cord or even in breast milk. However, contamination to ...
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Can the coronavirus be transmitted by aerosol? Scientists appeal to WHO
In an open letter sent to the WHO, 239 scientists report elements which suggest that SARS-CoV-2 could be transmitted by ...
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Lyssavirus: the cat that worries Italy
As Italy gradually recovers from the Covid-19 outbreak, a domestic cat has died of an extremely rare virus in Arezzo, ...
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Covid-19: the epidemic could have been accelerated by a mutation of the virus
SARS-CoV-2 would have become more easily transmissible following a mutation affecting the protein that allows it to infect cells in ...
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