Zika infection caused by one virus serotype: study supriya kashyap kashyap1 Aug 2016 1:16 PM ISTWashington : Vaccination against a single strain of Zika virus is sufficient to protect against its genetically diverse strains, a new study has...
Microcephaly Discoveries Made in Non-Zika Cases help explain abnormal brain growth supriya kashyap kashyap7 Aug 2016 12:39 PM ISTLong before Zika virus made it a household word, the birth defect called microcephaly puzzled scientists and doctors even as it changed the lives of...
Zika infection may lead to severe joint condition at birth supriya kashyap kashyap12 Aug 2016 1:47 PM ISTLondon : Brain cells that control the contraction or relaxation of muscles may be involved in Zika virus infection in the womb leading to a condition...
AIIMS researchers find how Zika virus may cause microcephaly supriya kashyap kashyap17 Aug 2016 12:27 PM ISTNew Delhi : A team of Indian researchers, steered by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, has proposed a plausible mechanism that...
Newborn with Zika virus found infected 2 months after birth supriya kashyap kashyap26 Aug 2016 12:16 PM ISTNew York : In the first reported case of prolonged Zika infection in newborns, physicians have described the diagnosis of a Brazilian baby born with...
FDA advises testing for Zika virus in all donated blood and blood components in the US supriya kashyap kashyap27 Aug 2016 12:22 PM ISTAs a further safety measure against the emerging Zika virus outbreak, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a revised guidance recommending...
Acute zika infection may damage sensory nerves supriya kashyap kashyap29 Aug 2016 2:54 PM ISTNew York : Zika virus infection has been associated with several neurological complications and researchers have now reported that it may also lead to...
India fertile ground for Zika epidemic, says Lancet supriya kashyap kashyap3 Sept 2016 9:55 AM ISTToronto : With 13 Indians already confirmed to have been infected with the Zika virus in Singapore, experts have more bad news to share. A new study...
Common mosquito cannot transmit Zika: Brazilian scientists supriya kashyap kashyap9 Sept 2016 9:07 AM ISTBrasilia : Brazilian scientists have denied that the common mosquito known as Culex can transmit the Zika virus, saying that the Aedes aegypti...
Opthalmologists Beware: Zika virus can persist in eyes, spread through tears supriya kashyap kashyap12 Sept 2016 9:27 AM ISTWashington : Eyes may be a reservoir for Zika virus, say scientists, including one of Indian origin, who found evidence of the virus in eyes and tears...
Six healthy babies born in Nicaragua to Zika infected mothers supriya kashyap kashyap28 Sept 2016 9:20 AM ISTManagua : Six healthy babies were born to mothers that had been exposed to the Zika virus during their pregnancies in Nicaragua, the Central American...
Take decisive action against Zika: WHO to Southeast Asian nations supriya kashyap kashyap1 Oct 2016 2:06 PM ISTThe World Health Organisation (WHO) urged countries across the Southeast Asia region to continue taking decisive action against Zika virus as two new...
