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Prior Dengue Infection Protects Against Zika

The higher a person’s immunity to dengue virus, the lower their risk of Zika infection, an international team of scientists

Florida mosquitoes that can carry Zika virus and other diseases are showing resistance to pyrethroid—a common group of insecticides used

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Children with a history of prior dengue virus infection had a significantly lower risk of being symptomatic when infected by

Scientists at the University of Glasgow’s MRC Centre for Virus Research opens in new window (CVR) have found a bacterial

In both cell cultures and mouse models, a drug used to treat Hepatitis C effectively protected and rescued neural cells

Zika virus is known for a recent outbreak that caused children to be born with microencephaly, or having a small

Epidemiological studies show that in utero fetal infection with the Zika virus (ZIKV) may lead to microcephaly, an irreversible congenital

Medication used to prevent and treat malaria may also be effective for Zika virus. The drug, called chloroquine, has a

During their study of Zika infection in pregnant mice, the researchers built-up immunity in previously infected mothers that continued into