Last year, 5 percent of the babies born to nearly 1,000 mothers in the U.S. who showed signs of Zika virus infection during their pregnancies had birth defects, the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause serious birth defects in babies born to infected mothers. The virus has spread rapidly in recent years, and it is now a global health concern.

Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey, continues to perplex scientists in many ...

Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Why Zika Virus Hijacks a Protein Needed for Brain Growth Jan. 13, 2025 — The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which ...

Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Why Zika Virus Hijacks a Protein Needed for Brain Growth Jan. 13, 2025 — The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which ...

By altering the metabolism of the skin, the Zika virus guarantees its own survival, resulting in turning humans into mosquito ...

The spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the Zika virus as well as dengue, Rift Valley fever, and ...

Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out chemical signals that lure more mosquitoes to infect and spread the ...

Mosquitoes that can transmit Zika found in Pasadena Zika-carrying ... Zika-carrying mosquitoes found in Long Beach 1st SoCal baby born with Zika defects renews travel warnings Riverside scientists ...

It has been estimated that more than 200,000 cases of Zika virus disease occurred, and approximately 8600 babies were born with malformations in that country. The epidemic has since waned and as of ...