Zika, the mosquito-born virus that causes birth defects, is still an issue in 2018. Zika is prevalent in tropical climates, but some warm locations are safe to visit this year for those worried ...

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 ...

We’ve known for more than a century that a mosquito’s bite can pass on brutal disease: Zika is the virus receiving the most attention now, but malaria alone kills more than 400,000 people a ...

“They don’t just deposit a microbe or a virus into your body directly, and there's nothing else to it, but we and many others have found that mosquito saliva is very ... skin explants with Nest1 along ...

Zika virus is transmitted primarily through the bite of an infected female mosquito. Mosquitoes become infected when they bite a person who is infected with the virus. The virus then replicates and ...

Mosquito-borne diseases are those that are transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. The diseases spread by mosquitoes can be caused by a parasite, as in the case of malaria, or ...

"These predictions are important for researchers to understand how warming reshapes the global map of mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, malaria, and Zika fever," The Scientist noted. Couper ...

Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Why Zika Virus Hijacks a Protein Needed for Brain Growth Jan. 13, 2025 — The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which ...

Zika Uses Human Skin as 'Mosquito Magnet' to Spread Virus Further Jan. 30, 2025 — Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out chemical signals that lure more mosquitoes to infect ...