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Where Will the World's Next Zika, West Nile, or Dengue Virus Come From?

January 7, 2019

Model identifies most likely wildlife hosts for emerging flaviviruses

Mark Your Calendar: All Infectious Diseases Are Seasonal

November 9, 2018

A journal article presents the evidence for seasonality in 69 infectious diseases, from African Sleeping Sickness to Zika...

Zika Circulates Among Wild Animals in the Americas

November 2, 2018

Wild monkeys in the Americas are transmitting the Zika virus to humans via mosquitoes

Well-Known Animal Health Drug Could Stop Outbreaks of Malaria and Zika Virus

July 4, 2018

Veterinary flea and tick drugs kill mosquitoes and other insects that carry diseases between humans

How Zika Infection Drives Fetal Demise

January 9, 2018

An interferon cell receptor spurs cell suicide in mouse fetuses infected with Zika virus and could play a role in certain pre...

New Animal Model for Zika Useful for Testing Vaccines and Treatments

December 13, 2017

Acute infections in male marmosets, a New World monkey, resemble the human illness the Zika virus creates in people

Antibody Protects against Zika and Dengue, Mouse Study Shows

September 26, 2017

Treating pregnant women before infection may protect fetuses from Zika

Zika Virus Could Be Used to Treat Brain Cancer Patients, Study Suggests

September 6, 2017

One approach to killing cancer stem cells involves using viruses that specifically target tumor cells

Scientists Develop Improved, Potentially Safer Zika Vaccine

August 9, 2017

Tobacco plant-produced vaccine could also be less costly, targeted for the developing world

Bio-Rad Launches New RT-PCR Assay Kit for Simultaneous Detection of Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya Viruses

August 1, 2017

The ZDC Multiplex RT-PCR Assay (Research Use Only) is a one-step reverse-transcription, real-time PCR assay for the...

Malaria Drug Protects Fetuses from Zika Infection

July 12, 2017

Treatment prevents virus from crossing placenta to infect fetus, mouse study shows

Scientists Find Zika RNA in a Second Mosquito Species

April 18, 2017

A UF/IFAS research team collected 20 female and 19 male Aedes albopictus mosquitoes as eggs, raised them to adults ...

Scientists Assemble Zika Virus Mosquito Genome from Scratch

March 24, 2017

Multi-institutional team reports a method—called 3D genome assembly—that can create a human reference genome, ent...

Testing for Zika Virus: There's an App for That

March 22, 2017

Sandia prototype dramatically cuts cost, time for detection of mosquito-borne illness

New Tool for Combating Mosquito-Borne Disease: Insect Parasite Genes

March 1, 2017

DNA of a common insect parasite could help fight dengue, Zika, and malaria

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Wednesday July 24, 2019

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Thursday July 25, 2019

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Tuesday August 6, 2019

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Thursday August 22, 2019

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