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First case found of Zika transmission by a woman through sex

Edit Indian Express 16 Jul 2016
While this is the first documented case of a woman spreading Zika through sex, health experts say it is not surprising because most diseases that can be spread through sex can be spread by both men and women. (Source. File photo) ... The Zika virus causes only a mild illness, at worst, in most people ... And there was one report of Zika detected in the vaginal fluid of a woman in the Caribbean island nation of Guadeloupe, a CDC official said ... ....

Female-to-Male Sexual Transmission of Zika Reported

Edit The Scientist 15 Jul 2016
But few studies have looked at the virus’s persistence in vaginal fluid. According to a May case study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, researchers at a hospital in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe and their colleagues detected Zika virus in the genital tract of a local woman; the pathogen survived at least 11 days—longer than in her blood or urine, The Atlantic reported ... ....

Epidemiological update: Outbreaks of Zika virus and complications potentially linked to the Zika virus infection (ECDC - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jul 2016
(Source. ECDC - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) As of 7 July 2016, WHO has reported 62 countries and territories with mosquito-borne transmission since 2015. There is now a scientific consensus that Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Both islands have a special status as municipalities of the Netherlands ... EU/EEA imported cases ... Guadeloupe ... French Guiana ... Guadeloupe Widespread transmission....

Antigua bracing for competition from Jamaica and Cuba

Edit Jamaica Observer 15 Jul 2016
Those airlines include American, Delta and Jet Blue ... And that is what we must strive to do ... “If we want to encourage double-destination tourism in collaboration with Guadeloupe and Saint Maarten, our people must also speak French,” Michael said, adding that he also plans to engage the minister of education, the Hotel Association and the ABHTI on ways in which Spanish and French can be introduced into the curriculum ... ....

Woman found to spread Zika through sex for 1st time

Edit Toronto Sun 15 Jul 2016
NEW YORK -- A New York City woman infected her male partner with Zika virus through sex, the first time female-to-male transmission of the germ has been documented. Zika is usually spread by mosquitoes, and health officials have known for some time that men can spread it through sex ... And there was one report of Zika detected in the vaginal fluid of a woman in the Caribbean island nation of Guadeloupe, a CDC official said ... John M ...  ....

Can Women Spread Zika Sexually, Too?

Edit The Atlantic 14 Jul 2016
So far, all known cases of sexually transmitted Zika have involved a man spreading it to a partner ... In a new case study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, doctors at Pointe à Pitre University Hospital, in Guadeloupe, treated a woman with Zika in May, and detected the virus in her genital tract. When she first came in, her blood tested positive for Zika, though her urine did not ... ....

Arcos Dorados Repays in Full Brazilian Real Denominated Senior Notes Due 2016

Edit Stockhouse 14 Jul 2016
Arcos Dorados Repays in Full Brazilian Real Denominated Senior Notes Due 2016 ... About Arcos Dorados ... It has the exclusive right to own, operate and grant franchises of McDonald’s restaurants in 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries and territories, including Argentina, Aruba, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Ecuador, French Guyana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St ... ARCO) ... Sr ... or....

Happy Bastille Day! Here are 8 reasons why you should teach your children to speak Français

Edit Business Insider 14 Jul 2016
"Liberty Leading the People," by Eugène Delacroix. Known to the French as "La Fête Nationale," and by the Anglicized term "Bastille Day," Tuesday marks France's independence and the 226th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, a medieval fortress ... You may have heard it's Spanish ... Nicolas Sarkozy, then France's president, and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, at Pointe-a-Pitre airport on Guadeloupe in 2011 ... French Foreign Ministry ... ....

Coach thinks Under-17s have quality to be competitive in CONCACAF

Edit Jamaica Observer 13 Jul 2016
Group One of the CFU round one play-offs will be contested by St Kitts and Nevis, Cuba, Dominica and Barbados; Group Two consist of Cayman Islands, Haiti, Puerto Rico and Aruba; Group Three will see St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia, Bermuda, and Grenada doing battle; Group Five will have Guadeloupe, Dominican Republic, Curacao and St Martin; ......

Gillette’s Perfect Isn’t Pretty Film Pays Tribute to Arduous Journeys Faced by Athletes in Lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Procter&Gamble; Company)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jul 2016
(Source. Procter&Gamble; Company). BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With less than one month to go until Opening Ceremonies of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Gillette [NYSE ... Starring Gillette's global roster of athlete ambassadors, including Ashton Eaton (USA, Decathlon), Neymar Jr ... About Gillette ... APPLE MUSIC ... Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, Virgin Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Ireland, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion....

Norwegian Air Flights to the French Caribbean from $79 1-way

Edit CNET 12 Jul 2016
This price is based on departure on December 17 from Fort Lauderdale, FL, (FLL) with arrival in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, (PTP). This sale includes flights to Guadeloupe and Martinique ... Other notable routes ... ....

Airline Routes-July 11, 2016

Edit Topix 12 Jul 2016
Tunisia's Nouvelair begins 3X-weekly Tunis-Algiers Airbus A320 service from July 14. Nouvelair also begins weekly Nice-Monastir A320 service June 29. Norwegian will begin 2X-weekly Fort Lauderdale/Miami-Guadeloupe service in December. Norwegian will also offer 4X-weekly service from New York to the Caribbean island ... ....

Speech by Foreign Minister Frank‑Walter Steinmeier at the celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the Lateinamerika Verein (Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
I invite you afterwards to spice up the Berlin summer not just with the EURO 2016 but also with some Caribbean calypso! Starting on 8 July, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt is hosting a festival, co‑funded by the Federal Foreign Office's cultural relations and education policy, with merengue, mambo and calypso, with music from Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia ......
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