“When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And Wullie will squash the mozzies”

Sorry, I was trying to think of something to equate the danger to and just couldn’t resist that opportunity.

Based on the quoted study, then yes, I guess there may be an extremely small possibility that it could happen from a mechanical point of view if you are extraordinarily unlucky and an excellent swatter but it would appear to be very unlikely. There are far riskier things in life with greater consequences that are more likely to happen so I don’t think it is something that we should unduly worry ourselves over.

(If you are still concerned then take destiny in your own hands and don’t try to swat the little beggars!)

Hi Vororo,

If you read through the Wiki article you have cited you will see that Zika and other viruses that can be transmitted between humans by mosquitos have a mosquito-human-mosquito cycle. That is, they are capable of living and replicating in both humans and mosquitos.

From the Wiki entry you have linked “Zika replicates in the mosquito’s midgut epithelial cells and then its salivary gland cells.”

Epithelial tissues line the cavities and surfaces of blood vessels and organs throughout the body so Zika is sucked up in the blood, enters the midgut cells and replicates in the mosquitos connecting tissues as it transfers through to the saliva glands and then is injected along with the saliva into the next host.

HCV cannot infect mosquitos so is not capable of replicating via that process as it cannot bridge the barriers between the stomach and salivary glands to allow transfer back to humans.

Edit: purely speculation but it wouldn’t surprise me if the bite you received in Brazil carried something that weakened your immune system balance enough to allow the HCV to give the HCV an advantage causing your “down-hill” run.

A new non-DAA about to commence Phase 1 trials. Looks like it may have potential for ‘difficult to treat’ cases if proven.

http://hepatitiscnewdrugs.blogspot.com.au/2016/06/enanta-initiates-proof-of-concept-study.html

Welcome GillA,

Great news to hear that your viral load was undetectable at 4 weeks.

Is the NHS monitoring your treatment or have you had to arrange that privately?

My chemistry is a little rusty but I suspect you will end up with gas, water and salt in your stomach.

http://depts.washington.edu/chem/facilserv/lecturedemo/BicarbonateFizz-UWDept.ofChemistry.html

I’ll leave it to the medical types to comment on any benefits to the kidneys.

I don’t post in this thread very often but felt the need to make a couple of hopefully constructive comments.

– Sometimes the line between what is propaganda and what is freedom of information can appear blurry. We need to be aware of not falling into the same trap as those we are criticising.

– While posting photos and name calling of people whose behaviour we find abhorrent no doubt results in release of some frustrations at what they are perpetrating, I suspect it is not in the best interests of either ourselves or those we are trying to inform.

– On the other hand, highlighting how they manipulate information such as the rules of their site and commenting on how they use those rules and other means to peddle their own misinformation are valid approaches to spreading the word to a larger audience.

Congratulations Fitz! Those are great LFT results.