Zika virus was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey. Sporadic human infections were detected across Africa and Asia from the 1960s to the 1980s. Since 2007 outbreaks of Zika ...

Zika transmission has been reported in more than 90 countries as the spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the virus, as well as dengue and chikungunya, has increased over recent years as ...

Men with a pregnant partner should use a condom or abstain from sex for the duration of the pregnancy if they have visited, or live in, an area where mosquitos are spreading the Zika virus, which is ...

Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey, continues to perplex scientists in many ways nearly 80 years later. While many people with a Zika virus infection ...

A study by researchers from Inserm, the Paris Public Hospitals (Bichat Hospital, AP-HP), Aix-Marseille University, and the National Reference Centre for Arboviruses confirms that the ZIKA virus can be ...

A terrifying discovery in the field of vector-borne diseases shows that the Zika virus uses human skin to help mosquitoes spread the disease more widely. "A new study led by Liverpool School of ...

Florida Governor Rick Scott announced Monday (September 19) that Zika virus is no longer actively spreading in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood, according to the Associated Press (AP). The US Centers for ...

As winter melts away, the Aedes mosquito population rises with the temperature. When these mosquitoes puncture host skin to feed with their needle-like probosces, they often transmit pathogens like ...

A vaccine against Zika virus is safe and effective when administered both before and during pregnancy, according to new research. A vaccine against Zika virus is safe and effective when administered ...

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 shows. Zika virus hijacks the skin of its ...