Overall, 14 percent of children exposed to Zika in the womb — about 1 in 7 — were harmed in some way by the virus, the researchers report online August 7 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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To this day, insects smaller than a child ... spread of Zika. Yellow fever remains a terrible worry, as do dengue, chikungunya, and Mayaro, a mosquito-spread monkey virus infecting people ...

Oct. 25, 2023 — Zika virus infection in pregnant rhesus macaques slows fetal growth and affects how infants and mothers interact in the first month of life, according to a new study. The work ...

However, the Zika virus can cause severe complications in pregnant women, as it can cause Microcephaly (a brain disability) ...

The mosquito-borne virus has been linked to shrunken brains in children At least 89 people, including 17 children, have tested positive for the Zika virus in a district in India's most populous ...

Zika virus, first identified in 1947 in Uganda, had been thought to produce a rare and mild disease until it suddenly emerged in Brazil in 2015 and spread explosively through South America, Central ...

The team's research also noted that the type of mosquito population was most predictive for Zika levels over climate ...

India reported a Zika outbreak in the western state of Gujarat in 2016-17. The mosquito-borne virus has been linked to shrunken brains in children and a rare auto-immune disease called Guillain ...

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The Zika study came to Alpha Genesis after the virus infected an estimated 1.5 ... concern for pregnancies and fetuses, and any unborn children. It’s not just eliminating the mosquito exposure ...