All 6 pregnant women contracted the Zika virus while traveling to countries south of the border, including Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador.
5% of U.S. Pregnant Women With Zika Had Baby With a Birth Defect
According to a CDC report, 8% of offspring of pregnant women who tested positive for Zika in the 1st trimester, 5% in the 2nd trimester and 4% in the 3rd trimester had birth defects linked to the virus.
Mosquitoes that spread Zika virus could simultaneously transmit other viruses
Researchers found that Aedes aegypti might transmit Zika, chikungunya and dengue viruses with one bite – called coinfection.
U.N.-Backed Global Mosquito Alert Network Launched To Help Track Emerging Disease Trends
The alert network will allow people to share their observations and help scientists to monitor emerging trends.
Ahead of mosquito season, 18 pregnant women in Texas area have Zika
Zika is carried by mosquitoes both in Brownsville and across the border in Mexico. With so many people going back and forth every day, it’s hard to know exactly where they picked Zika up.
Discovery of a Zika antibody offers hope for a vaccine
Researchers have identified antibody Z004, which was effective at neutralizing both Zika and dengue 1 and shows promise as a new potential strategy for developing a vaccine.
Zika Virus Persists in the Nervous System and Elsewhere
Recent studies of infected rhesus monkeys show retention of the Zika virus in the gut lining and lymph nodes.
Zika outbreak may have led to fewer births in Rio de Janeiro
The Zika outbreak may have prompted a drop in the number of live births in Rio de Janeiro. Researchers believe that very early miscarriages and pregnancy avoidance may be to blame.
Renewed Zika outbreak feared on Texas border
Professionals warn that a Zika outbreak in the Rio Grande Valley at the southernmost tip on the Texas border with Mexico is just a matter of time. With 1.3M people live in poverty – many without AC and window screens – this area is conducive to an outbreak.
Florida releases experimental mosquitoes to fight Zika
20,000 male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with a naturally occurring bacteria called Wolbachia were recently released in the Florida Keys. When the infected males mate with female mosquitoes, the eggs she produces won’t hatch. Florida’s mosquito-control experts are hoping for a decline in Aedes aegypti population and the number of locally-transmitted Zika cases.
