But because Zika—unlike most related viruses—can cross the placenta, Zika virus infection can have disastrous consequences in pregnancy ... be involved in brain development in the fetus ...

While Zika has been reported in more than 90 countries, surprisingly little is known about what exactly drives Zika ...

13, 2025 — The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which abnormal brain development results ... both before and during pregnancy, according to new ...

Researchers enrolled 148 mother-infant pairs, which included 79 Zika-exposed during pregnancy and 69 pairs who were not exposed to the virus during pregnancy, which constituted the control group.

Zika virus, first identified in 1947 in Uganda, had been thought to produce a rare and mild disease until it suddenly emerged in Brazil in 2015 and spread explosively through South America, Central ...

“We didn’t realize that Zika virus infection has adherens junction deficits and neuronal progenitor polarity dysfunction.” Yoon hopes that these findings may lead to therapeutic interventions down the ...

Zika virus hijacks a key protein implicated in brain development for its own replication. Researchers led by Associate Professor Priya Shah at the University of California, Davis (CA, USA), have ...

While Zika virus infections are mild in most adults ... molecular pathways and mechanisms this virus impacts during fetal development, and particularly brain development, is of critical importance ...

Zika Infection in Pregnant Macaques Slows Fetal Growth Oct. 25, 2023 — Zika virus infection in pregnant rhesus macaques slows fetal growth and affects how infants and mothers interact in the ...

The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which abnormal brain development results ... have disastrous consequences in pregnancy. "It's a case of Zika ...

Indira Mysorekar' s lab) with my previous expertise in protein structure/function, viral proteomics, Zika ... context to pregnancy, the pathogensis of SARS CoV-2 is not yet completely elucidated.