Clips from the internet May 2016
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rmv.1886/abstract
Maternal Zika infection: like rubella but worse
April 27 2016 PDF costs $6
Rubella
70% of population already were immune (before vaccine)
Rubella only intermittently epidemic
Now have Rubella vaccine
Zika
Hard to distinguish from Dengue virus
Test only indicates if there had been a recent infection (had to detect after a month)
Rarely test women who do not have symptoms – but may have infected their fetus
No Zika vaccine expected for years
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/01/30/464899067/before-zika-virus-rubella-was-a-pregnant-womans-nightmare
In the 1964-1965 rubella pandemic, an estimated 50,000 pregnant women in the United States were exposed to rubella in pregnancy, resulting in miscarriages, stillbirths, and 20,000 babies born with congenital rubella syndrome, which caused blindness, deafness, brain and heart damage. At the height of the pandemic, an estimated 1 of every 100 babies born in Philadelphia was afflicted.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/04/zika-rubella/477165/
If such an outbreak occurs, it will be the first of its kind—an epidemic-prone virus believed to cause serious birth defects—since the rubella outbreak of 1964.
“The similarities are great between rubella and Zika. Both are fever-rash illnesses, and both have arthropathy, or arthritis, as manifestations,” said Susan Reef, who leads the rubella team in the CDC’s Global Immunization Division. “Also like rubella, there’s an asymptomatic component to Zika, so not everyone knows when they’re infected with rubella or with Zika.”
… in 1959 only 17.5 percent of women of childbearing age lacked rubella antibodies.”
“For rubella, the infants are infectious; they have congenital rubella syndrome for up to a year. But we have no idea about infants born with Zika.”
http://www.bioworld.com/content/rubella-flaviviruses-inform-fight-against-zika-virus
Elimination is not likely to be in the cards for Zika, which, unlike rubella, has an animal reservoir that is unlikely to be eliminated in the mosquito.
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/zika-now-and-rubella-in-1964-5-things-to-know.html
1969, the global incidence of CRS ranged from 0.8–4.0 per 1 000 live births …
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CDC Rubella Pink Book
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- "As many as 85% of infants infected in the first trimester of pregnancy will be found to be affected if followed after birth"
Hints that Rubella is associated with low vitamin D
- A profile of mothers giving birth to infants with congenital rubella syndrome. An assessment of risk factors 1990
"The risk for delivering an infant with congenital rubella syndrome was approximately 2.5 times higher for blacks compared with whites" - Rubella outbreaks peak in the Spring (when vitamin D levels are the lowest) CDC
- Rubella vaccine-induced cellular immunity: evidence of associations with polymorphisms in the Toll-like, vitamin A and D receptors, and innate immune response genes 2010
Virus category in Vitamin D Life
- How to identify and stop the potential superspreaders
- 2X fewer COVID-19 deaths observed if infrequent vitamin D (2X more deaths if daily dose) – UK Oct 20, 2020
- Many problems with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine – Nov 9, 2020
- Common sense COVID-19 risk reduction - masks, social distancing, vitamin D - Oct 2020
- French National Academy recommended 100,000 IU of Vitamin D to elderly to fight COVID-19 - May 2020
- Vitamin D fighting COVID-19 meets Bradford Hill Criteria - Nov 2020
- COVID-19 probably fought by 40 ng of Vitamin D - quickly achieved with 200K-400K IU - Oct 28, 2020
- COVID-19 1.7X more likely to be severe if low Vitamin D - meta-analysis Oct 2020
- Chinese COVID-19 study – 80 pct of severe cases had low Vitamin D, all asymptomatic cases had OK Vit D – Oct 13, 2020
- Residents of a Nursing Home who choose monthly Vitamin D had 9X fewer COVID-19 deaths – Nov 2, 2020
- COVID-19 survivors can have poor health for a long time
- Vitamin D and COVID-19 - observational studies found it helps, never hurts - Campbell Oct 31, 2020
- Superspreaders appears to have viscous lung fluids – Oct 2020
- COVID-19 increased risks with low vitamin D: Infection 1.5 X, Hospitalization 1.8 X – meta-analysis Oct 2020
- European COVID-19 2nd wave start dates were associated with latitude (vitamin D), not temperature – Oct 31, 2020
- COVID-19 lung death 4X more likely in Iran if less than 25 ng of vitamin D – Oct 30, 2020
- Systems Thinking About SARS-CoV-2 - Oct 2020
- Vitamin C may treat COVID-19 (several studies)
- Evidence Regarding Vitamin D and Risk of COVID-19 and its Severity - Oct 27, 2020
- Concise summary of 10 Vitamin D and COVID-19 observations - Oct 27, 2020
- COVID-19 patients who happened to be taking Vitamin D did much better – Oct 27,2020
- COVID-19 was killing dark-skinned doctors, then they got a Vitamin D recommendation
- Can vitamin D fight COVID-19 - interview of Dr. Matthews Oct 2020
- Zinc (which increases vitamin D in tissues) may both prevent and treat COVID-19
- Magnesium (which increases vitamin D) may fight COVID-19 - Oct 2020
- 19X less COVID-19 infection if innate immune system activated – trial Oct 21, 2020
- COVID-19 associated with low Vitamin D in China in the Spring - Sept 2020
- COVID-19 and Vitamin D - 14 studies as of Oct 16, 2020
- 9X COVID-19 survival in nursing home if had 80,000 IU dose of vitamin D in previous month – Oct 2020
- COVID-19 fought by Vitamin D in 43 studies - Oct 15, 2020
- AI is examining 170,000 potential COVID-19 treatments, Vitamin D is one of only 6 found – Sept 4, 2020
- COVID-19 antibodies 2.6 X more likely if had symptoms and low vitamin D (UK hospital staff)– Oct 5 2020
- Vaccines are plan A for COVID-19 Immunity (no plan B) - Sept 11, 2020
- 15 studies indicating that Vitamin D fights COVID-19 - Dr. Grimes Oct 9, 2020
- UK parliament members starting to be interested in Vitamin D for COVID-19 – Oct 10, 2020
- Vitamin D could knock out COVID-19 in 3 months – Dr. Matthews interview Oct 2020
- Diabetes increases COVID-19 severity and COVID-19 creates Diabetes - Oct 2020
- 11 family members got COVID-19 due to one teen in 3 weeks – CDC Oct 5, 2020
- Children with low vitamin D far more likely to hospitalized with COVID-19 – Oct 2020
- VITAMIN D AND COVID-19: IT IS TIME TO ACT – Oct 4, 2020
- 32X more likely to have severe-critical COVID-19 in Turkish hospital if Vitamin D deficient – Oct 5, 2020
- 2.3 X increase in COVID-19 death if mentally ill (associations: Mental Illness and Low Vitamin D, Low D and COVID-19 death) – Oct 2, 2020
- How Vitamin D Helps Fight COVID-19 - Grassroots Health Oct 2020
- 20,000 COVID-19 infections at Amazon (far less than US average of 34,000) – Oct 1, 2020
- COVID-19 was predicted in 2017, now even deadlier predictions are being made, but still no one is listening - Sept 2020
- Can vitamin D supplements help protect against COVID-19 - Oct 1, 2020
- Sleep Apena patents are 5X more likely to have a COVID-19 infection requiring hospitalization - Sept 28, 2020
- COVID-19, flu, virus, Selenium, Vitamin D, Glutathione - Interview Sept 2020
- Pascal's wager applied to Vitamin D
- 100,000 dollar bet that Vitamin D is effective in reducing the severity of Covid-19 - Sept 23, 2020