Re:Ancient virus may be protecting the human placenta
by a1369209993 on Monday November 28, 2022 @11:19PM
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That's not a argument against mosquito eradication, though; that's a argument against not finishing a mosquito eradication.
Re:Ancient virus may be protecting the human placenta
by yarg on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @03:22PM
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No, it's an argument against partial mosquito eradication - which is an intermediate step for complete eradication.
Re:Ancient virus may be protecting the human placenta
by fellowniusmonk on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @09:57AM
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Is this what you're trying to cite?
If so.... the resurgence in populations is what caused the increase.
Re:Ancient virus may be protecting the human placenta
by yarg on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @03:32PM
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I'm not sure, but my recollection of the article in question is quite specific - that when there was a delay between exposures across strains, the hemorrhagic fever did not result.
This article (The Autoimmune Mechanism in Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29686179/ is probably more relevant.
Why cross-strain exposure would prevent that auto-immune reaction, I have no idea - probably something to do with tiny little puzzle pieces that almost fit.
(And no real need for the condescension.)
With Dengue, if the body is exposed to multiple strains within a short time period, there's no severe reaction.
However, if there's a delay, and the body gets to prepare, and then sees a slightly different Dengue virus, the shit hits the fan.
So the decreased number of mosquitos left a greater mean time between cross-strain exposure, which in turn increased the number of severe reactions.