Zika virus is transmitted primarily through the bite of an infected female mosquito. Mosquitoes become infected when they bite a person who is infected with the virus. The virus then replicates and ...

We’ve known for more than a century that a mosquito’s bite can pass on brutal disease: Zika is the virus receiving the most attention now, but malaria alone kills more than 400,000 people a ...

“They don’t just deposit a microbe or a virus into your body directly, and there's nothing else to it, but we and many others have found that mosquito saliva is very ... skin explants with Nest1 along ...

Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting a host's dendritic cells. But a study in Nature Communications, led by ...

You might want to pack a mosquito net. Health experts are warning ... raised questions about whether it could become the next Zika virus. Here’s everything you need to know about this potential ...

In 2015, an outbreak of Zika virus triggered an epidemic in the Americas. People infected with Zika, typically via a mosquito bite, may have mild symptoms, but if the person is pregnant ...

Now it is being evaluated in a species of mosquito as a potential key tool ... Lesson plan: Seeking the Zika virus The incidence of dengue fever has exploded in recent years, with the disease ...

An article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal provides an overview of this emerging virus. Similar to viruses like dengue and Zika ... and using mosquito nets and insect ...

This research comes as many mosquito-borne viruses are spreading rapidly. Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in ...