Women who have previously been infected with dengue virus may be at risk for increased damage to their fetuses and placentas if they should later become infected with... more

Prior Dengue virus infection may cause severe outcomes following Zika virus infection during pregnancy, a new study shows. The research points to... more

In the epicenter of the Zika epidemic in northeast Brazil, 73 percent of people living in an urban slum in Salvador were infected in 2015. However, in this... more

Researchers have found a way to reduce the blood thirst of mosquitoes and prevent mosquito bites and spread of mosquito borne illnesses such as Zika, dengue fever, malaria and chikungunya. more

The clinical outcomes associated with Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas have been well documented, but other aspects of the... more

A Zika outbreak in a Brazilian slum suggests that the timing of dengue infections may matter for protection against Zika. more

Researchers have developed a computational method that designs molecular “baits” for any strains of virus known to infect humans, including Zika virus. more

During the Zika virus outbreak of 2015-16, public health officials scrambled to contain the epidemic and curb the pathogen's devastating effects on pregnant women. At the same time, scientists around... more

A collaboration of scientists including Professor Jean Patterson, Ph.D., of Texas Biomedical Research Institute, is working on a new way to detect Zika virus... more

Immune cells called CD4+ T cells could be important mediators of protection against the Zika virus, according to a study published January... more

Immune cells called CD4+ T cells could be important mediators of protection against the Zika virus, according to a new study. The findings support vaccine strategies that induce a protective... more

Previous infection with dengue virus may protect children from symptomatic Zika, according to a study published January 22 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Eva Harris of... more

Children with a history of prior dengue virus infection had a significantly lower risk of being symptomatic when infected by Zika virus, according to... more

A prior dengue virus infection could protect children from symptomatic Zika virus infection, according to a study by an international group of researchers including those from the University... more