zika
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A Beautiful Illustration Of Something Quite Horrible
Up until a few months ago, we knew virtually nothing about the Zika virus — or what it even looked like. But a beautiful new illustration by David S. Goodsell reveals its hidden details, while also showing how the dreaded virus goes to work.
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CDC Confirms Zika Causes Microcephaly
A study out today from the Center for Disease Control confirms what many researchers already believed to be true: the Zika virus does indeed cause microcephaly as well as a wide range of additional and severe foetal brain defects.
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Our First Major Breakthrough In Understanding How Zika Virus Attacks The Brain
Scientists strongly suspect a link between Zika and microcephaly, a disorder that causes abnormally small heads in newborns, but they’re not entirely sure. Now, a team of researchers may have figured out how this mosquito-borne virus attacks the developing brains of foetuses — and wow, is it nasty.
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CDC Investigating 14 Possible Cases Of Sexually Transmitted Zika, Including In Pregnant Women
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating over a dozen new cases of possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus, including several involving pregnant women.