Rochelle dos Santos embraces her daughter, who was born with microcephaly in 2016 after dos Santos contracted Zika during her
Continue reading »Home »
Zika virus ‘harms baby brain collagen development’
Zika virus can hamper vital collagen development in the brains of babies whose mothers were infected with the disease while
Continue reading »Zika vaccine protects both mom and fetus, but mom needs a higher dose when pregnant
Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston showed, for the first time, that a single, higher dose
Continue reading »Only the tip of the iceberg: Germany threaten new disease waves
Many viruses have been recognized to be a fatal triumph to the world. Tropical pathogens, such as the Zika Virus
Continue reading »Are there Zika reservoirs in the Americas?
Most emerging infectious diseases affecting people are zoonotic—they make the jump from other animals to humans. Transmission, however, is a
Continue reading »Zika: Silent long-term circulation in Thailand
The circulation of the dengue virus for the past sixty years in South-East Asia is relatively well known. For Zika,
Continue reading »Experimental Zika test under development
A collaboration of scientists including Professor Jean Patterson, Ph.D., of Texas Biomedical Research Institute, is working on a new way
Continue reading »Drug targets for Ebola, Dengue, and Zika viruses found in lab study
No drugs are currently available to treat Ebola, Dengue, or Zika viruses, which infect millions of people every year and
Continue reading »Zika virus targets brain cancer in vaccine study
Study tracks health of babies born to Zika-infected mothers CDC study found one in seven children born to mothers infected
Continue reading »Zika vaccine shows promise for treating deadly brain cancer
September 18, 2018—An international team of researchers has successfully deployed a Zika virus vaccine to target and kill human glioblastoma
Continue reading »