If you decide to travel to a country where the Zika virus is present, take strict precautions to avoid getting the mosquito bite, such as wearing repellent sun screen, long sleeves and pants thick ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2024, Maharashtra reported 140 of the 151 Zika virus cases in India, according to the WHO. While Zika has been linked to neurological complications, the recent GBS outbreak in Pune was not ...