‘Human challenge’ results suggest that such trials could be used to test vaccines when Zika incidence is low. For the first time, scientists have deliberately infected people with Zika virus to learn ...

In 2015, a horror movie came to life. The mosquitoes that swarm almost all tropical climates began infecting people with a strange new virus. In most, Zika caused no symptoms, or a mild rash and fever ...

Zika virus (ZIKV) may be sexually transmissible for a shorter period than previously estimated, according to a systematic review published this week in PLOS Medicine by Michel Counotte and Nicola Low ...

A new study reveals the biological secret to the Zika virus's infectious success: Zika uses host cells' own 'self-care' system of clearing away useless molecules to suppress the host proteins that the ...

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We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. The Zika virus epidemic that began in Brazil in 2015 and ...

In 2015 and 2016, the word Zika evoked fear in pregnant women living or traveling to tropical areas of the Americas. In countries where the mosquito-borne disease spread, babies of some infected ...

Prenatal exposure to Zika virus has potential teratogenic effects, with a wide spectrum of clinical presentation referred to as congenital Zika syndrome. Data on survival among children with ...

- 3 March 2014: Public health authorities of Chile confirmed the detection of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus infection in Easter Island (Chile) since February 2014, coinciding with ...