The Oropouche virus has been linked to Zika-like outcomes in pregnant people, with cases more than doubling in 2024 ...

A CDC study of births in U.S. territories tallies birth defects and later health problems Babies exposed to a Zika infection while in the womb are not out of the woods even if they look healthy at ...

Around 14 percent of babies whose mothers contracted Zika while pregnant ended up with a birth defect, developmental abnormality, or both, according a report released by the US government today ...

Researchers discovered that Zika virus constructs nanotubes to transport infection across the placental barrier undetected.

In 2015, an outbreak of Zika virus triggered an epidemic in the Americas. People infected with Zika, typically via a mosquito ...

"For Zika to infect newborn babies, it means the virus has to pass from the mother across the placental barrier, which usually only allows select molecules to pass through, like nutrients and ...

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Feb. 21, 2025 — Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta ...

The Zika virus builds tiny tunnels, called tunneling nanotubes, to stealthily transport material needed to infect nearby ...