Since the emergence of the Zika virus epidemic in 2014 and the associated novel sequalae that emerged, much has been learned about the effects of antenatal exposure to Zika virus. Zika virus in ...

The virus, spread by ticks, can cause a disease that leads to swelling of the brain and permanent health problems in half of severe cases.

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Though further research is needed to know for sure, there is a chance this mechanism is relevant to the Ebola virus, which uses the TIM-1 protein to access host cells, or to other pathogens in the ...

Zika virus is an important mosquito-borne pathogen with significant public health concerns. Zika vaccine development is an ongoing area of research with several candidates in the pipeline.

Ebola was dramatic. Zika is more subtle. “It’s not like Ebola, where people will be dying in the streets,” Hotez said. “It’s what I call a delayed epidemic.

In 2016, there were 5,168 symptomatic Zika virus disease cases reported in U.S. states and 36,512 reported in U.S. territories (here).

In this trial of MAb114, REGN-EB3, remdesivir, and ZMapp (as the control), mortality from Ebola virus disease was lower in the MAb114 and REGN-EB3 groups than in the other groups.