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Super-vaccine to prevent Zika and dengue fever is on the horizon

A super-vaccine to prevent both Zika and dengue fever is on the horizon after scientists found that the viruses can be neutralised by the same antibodies. Antibodies work by combining with bacteria and viruses so that...

1 July, 2016

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Improving Zika virus detection in infants

Head circumference is not an accurate indicator of viral infection in newborns, researchers report. Zika virus has been linked to microcephaly in the babies of infected mothers, leading some organizations, including the...

1 July, 2016

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Antibodies found which ‘neutralise’ Zika virus

European scientists announced they had found antibodies which attack Zika, a discovery they hope will pave the way for a protective vaccine against the brain-damaging virus. The antibodies — frontline soldiers in...

28 June, 2016

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New vaccine for herpes reduces the number of outbreaks and lowers risk of the virus being passed on through sex

A new injection can treat herpes by charging up the body’s immune system to fight the virus, scientists believe. The vaccine – which would become the world’s first for the Herpes Simplex Virus type 2...

24 June, 2016

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Bug bite saliva hijacks immune cells to spread virus

A victim’s immunological defenses may rush to puncture sites and help carry pathogens throughout the body. Depending on your perspective, one of nature’s perverse ironies—or exquisite feats—is that some mosquito-borne...

24 June, 2016

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Memory loss caused by West Nile virus explained

Study identifies targets for prevention, treatment. Thousands of people are living with memory loss and other long-term neurological problems as a result of West Nile virus, which is spread by mosquitoes such as the one...

24 June, 2016

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UT scientists develop a cheaper, faster method to rapidly detect viruses

Adam Hilterbrand, a microbiology graduate student, and Jeffrey Dick, an electrical chemistry graduate student, developed this method through their work with murine cytomegalovirus, a form of human papillomavirus (HPV)...

24 June, 2016

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Researchers develop new, complete Ebola virus map based on bio-geographical analyses

To be prepared for new Ebola virus disease cases, it is fundamental to start by identifying the range of the virus and the regions that are more favorable for its propagation. A team from the Center of International...

21 June, 2016

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Zika infection can damage fetuses even if pregnant women show no symptoms

The Zika virus can harm developing fetuses even if a pregnant woman’s infection is so mild she shows no symptoms, scientists from Colombia and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. Four...

17 June, 2016

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Ebola 2.0: Sexual transmission of deadly virus may reignite global outbreak

Sexual transmission of the Ebola virus may have a major impact on the dynamics of the deadly disease, potentially reigniting an outbreak that has been contained by public health interventions, a new study has found. The...

10 June, 2016

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