According to Brazilian health authorities ... days and can be mistaken for other mosquito transmitted virus diseases such as zika, dengue, and chikungunya. Death cases have been reported in ...

Two recent studies, including one published today in Pediatrics, show that exposure to the Zika virus (ZIKV) in utero can ...

Zika virus, first identified in 1947 in Uganda, had been thought to produce a rare and mild disease until it suddenly emerged in Brazil in 2015 and spread explosively through South America, Central ...

A new study of mortality rates among children younger than 5 years old in Brazil shows that children with congenital Zika ...

In 2024 specific outbreaks have been recorded in Brazil, Bolivia ... say the virus comes from the same family of diseases as Zika virus and Dengue, which are both potentially deadly.

"Zika virus disease usually causes mild illness ... during the 2013-2014 outbreak and more recently in northeastern Brazil," the WHO said in a statement. "An extensive review of the literature ...

A recent study published in the Pediatrics journal highlighted the long-term impacts of Zika virus (ZIKV) infections during ...

Zika virus, infamous for causing microcephaly, manipulates a host protein called ANKLE2 to assist its replication, which also ...

Viruses like Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya are all part ... So far, the majority of cases have been reported in Brazil, but ...

Zika virus is unusual in that it can cross the placenta and enter the fetus, where ANKLE2 is known to play a big role in brain development.