Covid-19: what is the R0 that we use to measure the rate of transmission of the virus?
The R0 is used to measure the extent of the epidemic and must remain at its lowest in order to ...
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Coronavirus: can it be transmitted through food?
According to ANSES, the virus could be transmitted through food when it comes to dishes prepared by a person with ...
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Coronavirus: the study which shows that containment measures are justified
If it takes less than a week for the coronavirus to spread between two people, more than one in ten ...
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Coronavirus: how was the first transmission in the United States
While Donald Trump has just declared a "state of emergency", American scientists have found and studied the first case of ...
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New coronavirus: why do some epidemics come from bats?
SARS, MERS, Ebola… These different viral epidemics have one thing in common: they come from bats. American researchers believe that ...
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West Nile virus (or West Nile virus): transmission, symptoms and treatments
© ShutterstockThe West Nile virus (which is rather called "virus du Nile Occidental" in French) is not rare: experts believe ...
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Coronavirus in China: vigilance activated in France
“Vigilance has just been triggered in France,” Public Health France announced to Le Parisien on January 20 regarding the mysterious ...
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Demonstrator struck in Paris: no, AIDS is not transmitted by saliva
While the spokesperson for the police union Alliance claimed that the protester violently arrested in Paris had spat in the ...
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Covid-19 in babies: transmission, symptoms and prevention
© Getty ImagesYes, toddlers can also be infected with the Sars-Cov-2 coronavirus: several reports mention newborns infected during pregnancy (therefore ...
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Toyota considering manual transmission in electric cars
The technology that Toyota has patented for electric cars would simulate the change of gear with a break in torque, ...
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Flower nectar influences malaria transmission
© ThinkstockAnd if the risk of transmission of malaria depended... on the plants. Researchers from the Institut de Recherche pour ...
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HIV: if the virus is undetectable in the blood, it cannot be transmitted
In HIV-positive people, it is now clear: an undetectable virus in the blood is equivalent to an absence of risk ...
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Dengue fever: a new species of transmission vector mosquito
© iStockphotoResearchers from the Research Institute for Development (IRD) and the Indian Ocean Regional Health Agency have discovered in Mayotte ...
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Zika virus: a real risk of transmission in Metropolitan France
© iStockAfter dengue fever and chikungunya, the Zika virus is the new virus to be feared, according to the Haut ...
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Avoid the transmission of influenza A during the summer
A person sick with influenza A (H1N1) should take particular care to limit contact with those around them and particularly ...
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AIDS: first transmission of a multi-resistant strain of HIV in France
© Getty Images/iStockphotoThe human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is responsible for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Present in about 38 million people ...
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Zika: a case of sexual transmission in Texas
© iStockPhotoA patient from Dallas, Texas (United States) was infected with the Zika virus after having sex with a woman ...
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New modes of transmission of Zika?
© ThinkstockIn addition to its transmission through the bites of mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, the Zika virus is also ...
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Cuba is the 1st country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of AIDS
Cuba has just won a health victory. It is the first country in the world to have succeeded in eliminating ...
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A first case of sexual transmission of the Zika virus by a woman
The first case of sexual transmission of the Zika virus by a woman has been observed, according to latest publications ...
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An effective antibody against the transmission of Zika from mother to fetus
© iStockPhotosThe Zika virus causes a wave of panic among pregnant women in the infected areas. Indeed, if the signs ...
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Zika: First case of sexual transmission in Spain
© ThinkstockFirst sexual contamination of Zika to Madrid. A man returning from Latin America and living in the Spanish capital ...
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Suspicion of 14 cases of sexual transmission of Zika virus in the United States
© ThinkstockThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Americans sound the alert. They announced that they were investigating 14 ...
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Blood donation by homosexuals: no increased risk of HIV transmission
© Getty ImagesSince July 2016, men who have sex with men (MSM) can donate blood under certain conditions, including not ...
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Zika: a case of transmission through tears?
© FotoliaAt a time when experts worry about the persistence of Zika virusin sperm, this is a study that should ...
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Dengue fever: asymptomatic people participate in the transmission of the virus
© FotoliaThunderclap in the world of epidemiological research. While 300 million people worldwide are believed to be infected with dengue ...
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Coronavirus: dromedaries are responsible for transmission
© iStockphotoCoronavirus cases Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV), first reported in 2012, has affected nine countries to date, finds the ...
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Coronavirus: possible human-to-human transmission
© iStockphoto The World Health Organization reveals that this virus is different from all those already isolated in humans but ...
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Dementia: Neurosurgery can transmit beta-amyloid proteins
Deposits of beta-amyloid proteins in the brain can be transmitted by soiled neurosurgical instruments, a new study suggests.In recent years, ...
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Chikungunya: transmission of the virus at birth has serious consequences
the chikungunya is a virus transmitted by a mosquito scientifically named Aedes albopictus, but commonly known as the "tiger mosquito", ...
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