Using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers from Purdue University and the National Institutes of Health have discovered the structure of the Zika virus. Image: Purdue University/Kuhn and Rossman ...

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As the tunnels develop and connect neighboring cells, a path opens for the virus to invade new cells.” “Zika is the only virus in its family, which includes dengue and West Nile viruses among ...

The Zika virus builds tiny tunnels, called tunneling nanotubes, to stealthily transport material needed to infect nearby ...

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"We know that Zika virus and related viruses rely on these ... the Zhang and Lazear labs revealed that this frozen, stable RNA structure plays an important role in viral replication.

"Zika is the only virus in its family, which includes dengue and West Nile viruses among others, whose NS1 protein triggers the formation of tunnels in multiple cell types," Michita said.

Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which nurtures the developing ...