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Professor of Pirogov University Murad Shakhmardanov explained why Zika fever is dangerous primarily for pregnant women and clarified that there is no specific treatment for the virus. Against this backdrop, an imported case was recorded in Moscow in a tourist from Bali.
Otabek YusupovFrench authorities reported the first documented case of human infection with the Shamonda virus (SHAV), previously considered non-transmissible to humans. A patient with severe immunodeficiency, treated in Lyon, died in early October; infection is presumed to have occurred through a biting midge bite in eastern France. WHO and ECDC are investigating and assess the risk to the population as low.
Sevara Azamova
