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West Nile virus causes fetal brain damage like Zika

West Nile and Powassan can spread from an infected pregnant mouse to her fetuses, causing brain damage and fetal death,

Researchers from the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven examined the role of type 1 IFNs in limiting

A new study discovered that Zika virus can cause vision impairment in babies infected with the virus by putting scar

Chelsea Smartt, an entomology associate professor and her research team collected 20 female and 19 male Aede albopictus mosquitoes eggs

The main carrier of Zika is yellow fever mosquito, researchers have found traces of zika virus in Asian tiger mosquitoes

New Zika vaccine was made from live virus that has been inactivate and it shows effectiveness in mice. Producing a

Flavivirus is a group of related viruses, some of them are West Nile virus, dengue virus, yellow fever virus, Zika

Zika virus is primarily transmitted through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquitoes. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)