Health experts are warning about a tropical disease spread by midges and mosquitoes, recently detected in US travelers ...

Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus ... with studying Zika after a major outbreak occurred in Brazil. The devastating epidemic results in an estimated estimated ...

Heading south for the winter? Oropouche virus, a new infectious disease, has been reported in travelers from Canada and the ...

Brazilian researchers have developed a simple test that almost instantly tells whether a person has been exposed to any of the four dengue virus serotypes, as well as zika virus. The test is an ...

According to Brazilian health authorities ... days and can be mistaken for other mosquito transmitted virus diseases such as zika, dengue, and chikungunya. Death cases have been reported in ...

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

Respiratory viruses are a major cause of early childhood illness, hospitalization and death around the world. Work by a team ...

In Kenya, there currently is no active risk of Zika virus. In Brazil, there are reports of an increase in babies born with abnormally small heads (microcephaly) after their mums were bitten by ...

Just like dengue and Zika, this mosquito-borne disease is spreading rapidly, causing outbreaks and raising public health concerns.

Tunnel-building virus: How Zika transmits from mother to fetus The virus covertly builds tiny tunnels to cross the placenta, evading the immune system Date: March 17, 2025 Source: Penn State ...

After recovering from Oropouche infection, symptoms recur in about 60% of patients within a few days up to several weeks.

Heading south for the winter? Oropouche virus, a new infectious disease, has been reported in travellers from Canada and the United States who visited Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Cuba. An article ...