ZIKA virus causes prostatitis

Zika virus causes testicular atrophy

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus that has recently been found to cause fetal infection and neonatal abnormalities, including microcephaly and neurological dysfunction. ZIKV persists in the semen months after the acute viremic phase in humans. To further understand the consequences of ZIKV persistence in males, we infected Ifnar1-/- mice via subcutaneous injection of a ...

US agency says Zika virus causes microcephaly.

Zika virus is the cause of a surge in birth defects across Latin America and the Caribbean, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced on 13 April, linking Zika infection during pregnancy not only to microcephaly but also to congenital blindness, stillbirth, and other fetal abnormalities. The announcement was timed to coincide with the online publication in the New England Journal of Me...

Is Iran threatened by Zika virus?

Zika virus is an Arbovirus identified first time in 1947 in Uganda. Zika epidemic is a threat far greater than the Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organization has urged Asian countries to be vigilant about the risk of spreading Zika virus and preventive measures to control it. In Iran, 64 species of mosquitoes from Culicidea family have been reported three of which belong to the Aedes genus, ...

Zika Virus Infection after Returning from Thailand

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