Africa: Ignore Photo Claiming to Be HIV Under Microscope – Shows Caterpillar, Not Virus!

Africa: Ignore Photo Claiming to Be HIV Under Microscope – Shows Caterpillar, Not Virus!

Ignore photo claiming to be HIV under microscope – shows caterpillar, not virus! IN SHORT: Viral posts circulating on Facebook in Kenya and Tanzania claim to show HIV magnified under a microscope, suggesting the virus’s anatomy makes it drug-resistant. But the image actually shows a caterpillar and HIV resists treatment through genetic mutations, not because…

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Taiwan reports first case of chikungunya virus from China outbreak | Health News

Taiwan reports first case of chikungunya virus from China outbreak | Health News

The mosquito-borne virus has crossed the Taiwan Strait from southern China, where confirmed cases of chikungunya top 8,000. Taiwan has reported its first confirmed case of chikungunya fever, imported from China, where a historic outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus is under way. Chikungunya has swept through southern China in recent weeks, primarily in the manufacturing…

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