The results show that Zika virus is able to infect adult human brain tissue. The infection caused neurological complications such as memory and cognitive deficits in adult mice. Advanced Search ...

Zika virus can also cause a neurologic condition in adults known as Guillain-Barre syndrome that results in muscle weakness or even paralysis in the worst cases. Zika virus is transmitted primarily ...

Working in mice, scientists at Rockefeller University in New York City and their colleagues elsewhere have now examined how Zika virus infection impacts adult brain cells. As it turns out, as it has ...

Long-term health effects in adults While the focus has often been on the impact of Zika virus on infants, adults infected with the virus are not spared from severe neurological complications.

This sloth, found stranded and soaking wet on an Ecuadorean highway median, became an internet darling after photos of it taken by two highway patrolmen were posted to Facebook. (Ecuador transit ...

This past year, the Zika virus has emerged as global problem ... which kills little baby mosquitoes before they ever mature into adults. As the modified bugs breed more and more, the mosquito ...

While infection with Zika virus in adults typically leads to mild symptoms and very rarely Guillain-Barré syndrome, “the primary concern surrounding ZIKV arises from the occurrence of ...

Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey, continues to perplex scientists in many ways nearly 80 years later. While many people with a Zika virus infection ...

Zika virus alters the chemical composition of human skin, making individuals more attractive to mosquitoes, according to new research from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The study, ...