“Now that we know the mice can be vulnerable to Zika infection ... the pathogenesis of the virus,” study coauthor Michael Diamond, a professor of medicine at Washington University, said in a statement ...

“This study in a nonhuman primate provides an important contribution to our understanding of the course of Zika virus infection in primates ... yet say that macaques are going to be a good model for ...

The Zika virus builds tiny tunnels ... They will also begin studies in a mouse model. "This is like a detective story. We don't understand the mechanism for how these tubes are formed yet ...

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 ...