Zika virus manipulated human skin cells to release mosquito-attracting odors. Insights into the virus’s transmission tactics can help curb its spread.

A health alert has been issued for the Zika Virus warning pregnant women to avoid traveling to parts of Central and South America, Mexico and the Caribbean.

They are intended to reduce the spread of deadly diseases such as dengue, yellow fever, and the Zika virus. The mosquitoes are expected to reduce the Aedes aegypti species that spread the diseases.

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Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...

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The disease is rarely fatal but causes similar symptoms to dengue and Zika virus – including fever, swelling, headaches, fatigue and rashes. Like dengue and Zika, Chikungunya is spread by the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 new Nature Communications study, led by ...

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At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the agency's director Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, warned a new pathogen - dubbed Disease X - was already on the way.