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

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 ...

Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, ...

There is no treatment or vaccine. While Zika has been reported in more than 90 countries, surprisingly little is known about what exactly drives Zika transmission success. A new study published in ...

US researchers have identified how Zika virus covertly spreads in placental cells, causing disruptions in the immune system ...

Zika transmission has been reported in more than 90 countries as the spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the virus, as well as dengue and chikungunya, has increased over recent years ...

Zika transmission has been reported more than 90 countries as the spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the virus, as well as dengue and chikungunya, has increased over recent years as ...

surprisingly little is known about what exactly drives Zika transmission success. A new study published in Communications Biology shows that Zika causes metabolic changes in human skin that ...

Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out chemical signals that lure more mosquitoes to infect and spread the disease further, new research shows. Zika virus hijacks the skin of ...

More information: Raimondas Mozūraitis et al, Zika virus modulates human fibroblasts to enhance transmission success in a controlled lab-setting, Communications Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1038 ...

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