The most common symptoms include a sudden fever and severe headache, often resembling those of other tropical illnesses like dengue, chikungunya, Zika or ... bleeding, brain swelling, or Guillain ...

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The number of infants born with microcephaly—a neurological condition in which the brain and skull fail to grow at a normal pace—have risen dramatically in Brazil since late 2015. An outbreak of Zika ...

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 ...

To gain some insight, researchers infected infant rhesus macaques with Zika virus after they were born, and observed that monkeys have abnormal brain development and display atypical behavior at six ...

That moment marked the beginning of my pursuit, since 2010, to find therapeutic solutions for brain tumours. During the Zika epidemic in Brazil, scientists had to try to understand its mechanism ...

In 2015 in Brazil, an explosive epidemic of a condition known as microcephaly was correlated with the outbreak of Zika virus. Microcephaly is an uncommon disorder in which a baby’s head is much ...

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 ...

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, 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: 12 things to know The woman ... which can manifest in an underdeveloped brain and small head. Those infected can display flu-like symptoms such as mild fever, rash, joint pain and ...