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Zika: A Bigger Threat to Pregnancy

July 17, 2018March 23, 2022 Natalia Ciesielska

  While first discovered in the African country of Uganda in 1947, Zika virus, carried by mosquitos and endemic in many tropical areas of the

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Local Cases in Texas: A New Front in the Fight Against Zika

December 29, 2016March 23, 2022 Chris Mantell

  On December 14th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) designated Brownsville, Texas as a Zika cautionary zone after the Governor Greg Abbott

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Unraveling the Zika Virus Mystery: Lessons Learned from Another Flavivirus

February 8, 2016March 23, 2022 Sumiko Mekaru

Viruses, of course, do not live independently outside of their hosts. Rather, they are uniquely bundled bits of data that use the body of their

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Zika Virus: A Quick Update

February 1, 2016March 23, 2022 Colleen Nguyen

In early December 2015, we reported on Brazil’s microcephaly outbreak and its alleged potential connection with Zika virus. This piece is a quick update to

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