The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which abnormal brain development results in a smaller-than-expected head. A study published Jan. 13 in mBio shows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mosquito Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque ...

Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting a host's dendritic cells. But a study in Nature Communications, led by ...

Zika virus was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey. Sporadic human infections were detected across Africa and Asia from the 1960s to the 1980s. Since 2007 outbreaks of Zika ...

Injecting neuroblastoma tumors with Zika virus shrank or eliminated those tumors in studies with mice, suggesting that the virus could someday serve as an effective cancer therapy, according to a ...

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Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have found that Zika virus can mutate to become more infective - and potentially break through pre-existing immunity. "The world should monitor ...

A single mutation could make the mosquito-borne Zika virus a lot more infectious and dangerous. Zika typically causes few symptoms, if any, in adults, but if infection occurs during pregnancy it can ...

This research comes as many mosquito-borne viruses are spreading rapidly. Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting a ...