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Health

The coronavirus doesn't exist in isolation—it feeds on other diseases, crises

We may be in self-isolation, but the COVID-19 pandemic is clearly not.

May 26, 2020

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Infectious diseases: Zika virus cases lower, but virus remains a risk

The number of reported Zika virus cases is much lower so far this year than at this point in 2017. However, pregnant women remain advised not to travel to areas where there is a risk of contracting the virus.

Aug 6, 2018

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Neuroscience

Immune response, not acute viral infections, responsible for neurological damage, researchers discover

For years, there has been a long-held belief that acute viral infections like Zika or COVID-19 are directly responsible for neurological damage, but researchers from McMaster University have now discovered that it's the immune ...

Feb 5, 2024

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Secrets of antibodies: When it comes to dengue and Zika, dengue antibodies can knock out Zika—and vice versa

Cross-protective antibodies from dengue and Zika last far longer than previously thought, scientists have found in a massive study involving more than 4,000 children in Nicaragua.

Nov 19, 2021 feature

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

More evidence that Zika mRNA vaccines can stop viral replication in mice

Vaccine developers have successfully protected mice against Zika by injecting synthetic messenger RNA that encodes for virus proteins into the animals. The cells of the mice then build parts of the virus, training the immune ...

Feb 17, 2017

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Medical research

Lab vaccine shields mice against Zika virus

Antibodies drawn from a patient infected with Zika could form the basis of a vaccine against the notorious virus, a new animal study suggests.

Dec 14, 2016

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cornea appears to resist infection from novel coronavirus

New findings from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest the eye's cornea can resist infection from the novel coronavirus. Although the herpes simplex virus can infect the cornea and ...

Nov 3, 2020

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Postnatal identification of Zika virus peptides from saliva

For the first time, researchers are using proteomics to examine proteins and peptides in saliva in order to accurately detect exposure to Zika virus. With 70 countries and territories reporting evidence of mosquito-borne ...

Aug 21, 2017

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Puerto Rico braces for wave of mosquito-borne Zika virus

Leilani Dominicci has all the typical worries of pregnant women plus a new one spreading across Puerto Rico: the fear she will become infected with the Zika virus and put her baby at risk.

Feb 28, 2016

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