A Genetic Discovery Has the Potential To Stop Mosquitos From Reproducing
The discovery opens the door to a mosquito-specific insecticide that would spare beneficial insects A genetic discovery from the University of California – Riverside (UCR)…
Zika News
Some Viruses Can Make You More Attractive to Mosquitoes
Dengue and Zika viruses make infected hosts smell more delicious to mosquitoes. New research shows that when humans and mice are infected with dengue or…
Some Viruses Make You Smell Tastier to Mosquitoes – Increasing the Spread of Disease
Dengue and Zika viruses alter the microbiome in both humans and mice to attract mosquitoes and spread to new hosts. Zika and dengue fever viruses…
A Small Mutation Can Make Zika Virus Even More Dangerous – And Potentially Breakthrough Pre-Existing Immunity
How Zika outbreaks could happen, even in areas with prior immunity. Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have discovered that the Zika virus…
Scientist Admits All Disease Models Are “Wrong” – Working to Fix
An international team of researchers has developed a new mathematical tool that could help scientists to deliver more accurate predictions of how diseases, including COVID-19,…
The Epidemic Outbreak of the Zika Virus Was Bad – Something in the Water Made It Worse
Brazilian study correlates consumption of contaminated water with the severity of malformations caused by the Zika virus. Between 2015 and 2016, Brazil suffered from an…
Army-Developed Experimental Zika Vaccine Induces Potent Cross-Neutralizing Antibodies
A new study led by scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research has shown for the first time that a single dose of…
Zika Virus Vaccine Breakthrough – Could Lead to Global Elimination of the Disease
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have made significant advances in developing a novel vaccine against Zika virus, which could potentially lead to global elimination…
How Viruses Infect Humans Shown in Detailed Map
Biologists at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons have leveraged a computational method to map protein-protein interactions between all known human-infecting viruses and…
Dengue Immunity Provided Protection Against Zika Virus
When the Zika virus arrived in the Americas in early 2015, it struck hard, infecting 73% of people in one Brazilian community at the epicenter…
Zika Vaccine Could Virtually Eliminate Prenatal Infections
A Zika vaccine could have a substantial effect on mitigating and preventing future Zika virus outbreaks. Through a combination of direct protection and indirect reduction…
New Research Shows Immune Response to Zika Harms Fetal Development
A new study from Yale University shows that the same proteins that mount a potent immune response to Zika viral infection can also harm the…
Small-Molecule Inhibitor NGI-1 Blocks Zika and Dengue Viruses
A new study published in Cell Reports details how a small-molecule inhibitor tested by researchers at Yale and Stanford may be the answer to blocking…
Researchers Successfully Produce Zika Virus in the Laboratory
A team of researchers has succeeded in producing large quantities of Zika viruses in the laboratory – a crucial prerequisite for the production of vaccines….
Programmable RNA Nanoparticles Could Protect Against the Zika Virus
By programming RNA nanoparticles, researchers from MIT have devised a new vaccine candidate for the Zika virus. The vaccine consists of strands of genetic material…
New Study Shows Zika Virus Causes Testicular Atrophy
A newly published study from Yale University shows that the Zika virus reduces the size of testes in infected mice up to 21 days after…
New Study Links Zika and Glaucoma
A newly published study demonstrates for the first time that the Zika virus can cause glaucoma in infants who were exposed to the virus during…
Researchers Find Antibody That ‘Neutralizes’ Zika Virus
A team of researchers has isolated a human monoclonal antibody that in a mouse model “markedly reduced” infection by the Zika virus. The antibody, called…
