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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 for fetal neural ...

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 ...

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.

Researchers say understanding how Zika virus spreads through the human placenta and reaches the fetus is critical to prevent or control the infection.

Here’s a look at Zika virus, an illness spread through mosquito bites that can cause birth defects and other neurological defects. Facts Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...

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 ...