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The race for a Zika vaccine is intense. But it may be missing the most important players

About a year ago, before the Zika virus grabbed global attention, there were zero vaccines for it in development. Today, according to the World Health Organization, there are 30. Some of the work has been astonishingly...

10 August, 2016

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Contrary dengue vaccine response hints at possible problems with Zika

“It’s happened. We have a vaccine that enhances dengue,” said Scott B. Halstead, MD, talking about a phenomenon whereby the dengue vaccine sets up dengue-naive recipients for severe disease. Halstead...

1 August, 2016

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Laval University to hold world’s first Zika vaccine test on humans

The Infectious Disease Research Centre at Laval University (CRI) and the Research Centre of Quebec-Laval University Hospital (CHU) have announced the completion of a first in Canada study clinic on a vaccine against...

25 July, 2016

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What’s with these vector-borne neglected tropical diseases?

In 2013, both chikungunya and Zika virus infection are believed to have first emerged in the Western Hemisphere where both viruses now affect much of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean region and also...

11 July, 2016

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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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The FDA approved the first human trials of a Zika vaccine

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first human tests of an experimental Zika virus vaccine. Called GLS–5700, the medication will be used in a clinical trial involving 40 healthy people, and...

27 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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Scientists identify internal protein defence against Zika virus

A team of scientists has offered the first look at how our cells can “swallow up and quarantine” Zika, defending themselves against the virus’ attack. Eight weeks after receiving their first samples of Zika virus, the...

6 June, 2016

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