Zika transmission has been reported in more than 90 countries as the spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the ...

Zika transmission has been reported more than 90 countries as the spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the virus, as well as dengue and ...

MICHAEL SMITH: When a pregnant woman gets zika virus, doctors believe it can cause a serious, often fatal birth defect called microcephaly. That means the baby's head and brain are much smaller ...

In 2015 in Brazil, an explosive epidemic of a condition known as microcephaly was correlated with the outbreak of Zika virus. Microcephaly is an uncommon disorder in which a baby’s head is much ...

Diseases like Zika, dengue, and yellow fever are spread ... Those bugs mate with female mosquitoes and pass on the gene, which kills little baby mosquitoes before they ever mature into adults.

New studies have shed light on how the Zika virus -- which can cause serious birth defects -- may be transmitted from infected mother to unborn child. Image: Dr. Indira U. Mysorekar, Dr. Bin Cao ...

Feb. 5, 2024 — For years, there has been a long-held belief that acute viral infections like Zika or COVID-19 are directly responsible for neurological damage, but researchers have now ...

In a review published in the same journal, Ferguson and colleagues summarized the research on Zika to date, arguing there’s a need to get better at predicting infectious-disease outbreaks. “The rise ...

Is the threat of the Zika virus affecting your vacation plans? If you're expecting or planning to become a mom or dad-to-be soon, you're right to be concerned. As the Centers for Disease Control ...

As per a retrospective-prospective, matched cohort study published recently, exposure to Zika virus while still in the womb can lead to a greater risk for neurodevelopmental delay in early ...

The Zika virus has been circulating for more than 70 years, yet it only recently became a major public health concern. A team from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston analyzed the ...