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Zika News
July 27, 2023

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Some Viruses Make You Smell Tastier to Mosquitoes

Zika and dengue fever viruses alter the scent of mice and humans they infect, a team of researchers report. The altered scent attracts mosquitoes, which bite the host, drink their infected blood and then carry the virus to its next ...

Zika Vaccine Shows Promising Results in Preclinical Studies

A Zika virus vaccine candidate is effective at preventing the Zika virus passing from mother to fetus in preclinical animal studies, according to a new ...

Scientists Reveal Details of Antibodies That Work Against Zika Virus

The Zika outbreak of 2015 and 2016 is having lasting impacts on children whose mothers became infected with the virus while they were ...

Commonly Used Antibiotic Shows Promise for Combating Zika Infections

Researchers used a variety of advanced drug screening techniques to test out more than 10,000 compounds in search of a cure. To their surprise, they found that the widely used antibiotic methacycline was effective at preventing brain infections and reducing neurological problems associated with the ...
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Brazilian Babies Born With Zika Virus Syndrome at Greater Risk of Death in First Three Years of Life Than Those Born Without

Babies born with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS), due to infection with the Zika virus during pregnancy, are at more than 11x greater risk of dying during the first three years of life than those born ...

Chikungunya, Zika, and Dengue Virus Incidence in Mexico May Be Higher Than Previously Reported

Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika viruses have all been recorded in Mexico; however, recent diagnostic advances have improved the accuracy of serological testing. A new study suggests that current ...

Heterogeneous Development of Children With Congenital Zika Syndrome-Associated Microcephaly

At age two, children who were born with neurological abnormalities due to congenital Zika Virus (ZIKV) have a range of neurodevelopmental profiles that can be tracked using a routine neurological ...

Source of Zika Neurodevelopmental Defects

A study identified how microcephaly (abnormally small heads) and blindness may develop in Zika-infected fetuses, as well as a new way to potentially prevent these neurodevelopmental ...

Successful Zika Vaccine in Preclinical Studies

研究人员演示了一个真空吸尘器的成功cine against Zika virus. The vaccine was generated using a novel platform ...

How Zika Virus Is Transmitted from Mother to Fetus During Pregnancy

A preclinical study has discovered a new mechanism for how Zika virus can pass from mothers to their children during pregnancy - a process known as vertical transmission. The researchers showed, for ...

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Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes Key to Stopping Zika Virus Spread

In 2016, the World Health Organization called the Zika virus epidemic a 'public health emergency of international concern' due to the virus causing birth defects for pregnant women in ...

Asian Tiger Mosquito Poses Low Risk for Zika Virus Outbreaks

The Asian tiger mosquito does not pose a major risk for Zika virus epidemics, according to a new ...

Zika Virus Affects Eye Development Before but Not After Birth

A new study finds that Zika infection during the first trimester of pregnancy can impact fetal retinal development and cause congenital ocular anomalies. The virus does not appear to affect ocular ...

Persistence of Zika Virus in the Brain Causes Long-Term Problems in Mice

The Zika virus can remain in mouse brain for extended periods, leading to long-term neurological and behavioral consequences, according to a new ...

Zika Infections Drastically Underreported During 2015 Epidemic

More than 100 million infections of Zika virus within Central and South America and the Caribbean went undetected between 2015 and 2018, according to a new ...

How Zika Virus Degrades Essential Protein for Neurological Development Via Autophagy

Researchers shed new light on how Zika virus hijacks our own cellular machinery to break down an essential protein for neurological development, getting it to 'eat itself'. By triggering ...

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Mosquito-Borne Viruses Linked to Stroke

A deadly combination of two mosquito-borne viruses may be a trigger for stroke, new research has ...

Prior Zika Virus Infection Increases Risk of Severe Dengue Disease

A new study finds that people who have antibodies to the mosquito-borne Zika virus are more vulnerable to developing dengue disease. This immune interaction, called antibody-dependent enhancement, ...