This past year, the Zika virus has emerged as global problem. The virus, which is primarily transmitted via mosquitoes, has been spreading around the Americas since May 2015. One of the reasons it ...

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 ...

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 ...

He pretends to be tough on the Zika virus, but he paved the way for immigrants who may have brought it. Latin America’s Zika virus is the latest undocumented immigrant to hit our shores ...

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 ...

Jan. 30, 2025 — 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 ... Wrong Place ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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.

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 ...

The World Health Organization declared Feb. 1 that the Zika virus is a public health emergency of international concern. Zika is primarily transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. Unlike other mosquitoes ...