Los Centros de Control de Enfermedades (CDC) de Estados Unidos confirmaron formalmente el vínculo entre el virus del zika y la microcefalia, así como con otros defectos congénitos al feto.

Las cuestiones más relevantes a las que han intentado responder son las siguientes: ¿Qué relación existe entre el virus Zika y el elevado número de niños nacidos con microcefalia?

MICHAEL SMITH: When a pregnant woman gets zika virus, doctors believe it can cause a serious, often fatal birth defect called microcephaly. That means the baby's head and brain are much smaller ...

Un equipo de científicos brasileños liderado por la bióloga oncóloga Carolini Kaid está revolucionando la forma de tratar los ...

(Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters) The Zika virus, which has been found to cause severe birth defects, has spread across the Americas, prompting the World Health Organization to declare a global health ...

LA JOLLA, CA—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 new Nature ...

El número de casos de microcefalia en recién nacidos asociados al virus del Zika subió en Brasil de 1.434 a 1.489 en los últimos siete días, según el informe semanal divulgado hoy por el ...

Health authorities in Hong Kong are on high alert after the city’s first case of Zika virus infection was discovered in an expatriate woman who travelled to the Caribbean this month. The 38-year ...

Zika virus, first identified in 1947 in Uganda, had been thought to produce a rare and mild disease until it suddenly emerged in Brazil in 2015 and spread explosively through South America, Central ...

Timeline – Zika: History of an Emerging Virus Zika has burst on the scene as though it was a new viral threat to humans. The truth? Zika was discovered nearly 75 years ago, and has been steadily ...

Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause serious birth defects in babies born to infected mothers. The virus has spread rapidly in recent years, and it is now a global health concern.

Zika virus disease is mainly spread by mosquitoes. For most people it is a very mild infection and isn’t harmful but it may be more serious for pregnant women HOLIDAY makers heading across the ...