However, some will become seriously ill and require medical attention. On 12 march 2025, the world health organization (who) prequalified the first maternal respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) vaccine to protect infants against one of the most common causes of acute lower respiratory infections in children globally. Who fact sheet on marburg haemorrhagic fever provides information on transmission, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, prevention and who response. Between 17 may and 12 july 2025, the information and public relations department, government of kerala informed through a series of official press releases about four confirmed cases, including two deaths, due to nipah virus (niv) infection in two districts of kerala state Who and partners have immediately boosted their support to the ugandan government’s response to an outbreak of sudan virus disease outbreak (svd, part of the ebola family), including by facilitating access to a candidate vaccine and candidate treatments. World health organization compiles periodic summaries of the global epidemiology of zika virus transmission, and the most recent compilation of data has been published as a review of the recent epidemiology of zika virus infection in the american journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, describing data through the end of 2023
The map of countries with zika transmission and list of countries. The virus can get into the human population when people have close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals such as fruit bats, chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, forest antelope or porcupines found ill or dead or in the rainforest.
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