Zika Virus

In most cases, there are no symptoms. In a few cases, Zika can trigger paralysis (Guillain-Barré Syndrome). In pregnant women, it may cause subsequent birth defects. When present, symptoms are mild and last less than a week. They include fever, rash, joint pain and red eyes.

Zika virus: Delayed treatment can cause these complications

Posted By Editorial Team, September 05, 2019 at 09:04am

Here, we tell you about few complications that may occur if you delay your treatment.
Adopt these methods and prevent Zika virus

Posted By Editorial Team, August 26, 2019 at 05:28pm

Here are some of the effective tips to prevent Zika virus infection.
Zika-exposed infants may face abnormalities despite normal assessment

Posted By ANI, August 06, 2019 at 08:34am

According to a study published in the journal of Nature Medicine, Zika virus has an affinity for immature neurons.
World Malaria Day 2019: 6 maladies of a mosquito bite

Posted By Editorial Team, April 25, 2019 at 05:49pm

On World Malaria Day today, we tell you about all the mosquito-borne diseases that can put your life at risk.
Zika virus can now be combated using 6 new antibodies

Posted By Editorial Team, November 30, 2018 at 08:02pm

The Zika virus antibodies may have the dual ability as diagnostics capable of recognizing Zika subtypes and may be further developed to treat Zika virus infection.
6 new antibodies generated to combat Zika

Posted By Agencies, November 30, 2018 at 04:27pm

Six Zika virus antibodies have been generated by a team of researchers led by an Indian-origin doctor that may help diagnose as well as treat the mosquito-borne disease.
ICMR will soon conduct trials of indigenously developed Zika vaccine

Posted By Editorial Team, November 19, 2018 at 04:29pm

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will soon undertake trials of the indigenously developed vaccine against the deadly virus.
Zika virus cases rise to 72 in Jaipur

Posted By Agencies, October 16, 2018 at 08:11am

The officials informed that 280 teams were surveying the affected areas by visiting each and every house. Around 96,000 houses had been surveyed till date.
Zika outbreak: Total 50 test positive in Rajasthan

Posted By Editorial Team, October 13, 2018 at 04:24pm

On Friday the figures were issued after a review meeting chaired by Rajasthan Health department's Additional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health, Veenu Gupta.
Zika spread under control in Japiur says Rajasthan Health minister Kalicharan Saraf

Posted By Agencies, October 11, 2018 at 07:43am

The officials were directed to take all necessary measures to check the spread of virus. A total of 29 cases of Zika virus have been confirmed in Jaipur. This is the biggest Zika outbreak in the history of India.
Zika virus: Government confirms 29 cases in Jaipur

Posted By Agencies, October 10, 2018 at 06:50am

A total of 29 positive cases of Zika virus, including three pregnant women, have been detected in Jaipur, said Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Veenu Gupta.
Zika Outbreak: 29 people test positive in Rajasthan

Posted By Editorial Team, October 09, 2018 at 04:26pm

The state's Health Department has said that twenty-nine people from Rajasthan have tested positive for Zika virus. This is the biggest Zika outbreak in the history of India.
Zika virus: Health ministry confirms 22 cases in Rajasthan

Posted By Editorial Team, October 08, 2018 at 08:44pm

Through the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) surveillance system the present outbreak in Rajasthan's capital Jaipur was detected. And all suspected cases in the defined area and mosquito samples are being tested.
Zika Virus: Try these natural solutions to deal with it

Posted By Aishwarya Vaidya, October 07, 2018 at 10:00am

First identified in Uganda in 1947, the virus is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, the one which carries dengue fever, yellow fever, and chikungunya virus. Today, we brief you about the natural remedies to tackle it.
Zika Virus: Central team sent to Jaipur after 8 more people test positive

Posted By Editorial Team, October 06, 2018 at 04:31pm

To review the situation and to formulate a strategy to prevent the outbreak of Zika virus, a five-member central team has been sent to Jaipur.
Jaipur: 90 pregnant women under close watch for Zika virus

Posted By Editorial Team, October 05, 2018 at 06:54pm

90 other pregnant women from Shastri Nagar are under the watchful eyes of the health department other than the three women. The officials reportedly said that they would recommend the termination of pregnancy if a woman is infected with Zika virus during the first trimester.
This Zika virus vaccine could be a potential killer of one of the deadliest brain cancers, finds study

Posted By Sreemoyee Chatterjee, September 21, 2018 at 10:30pm

Scientists have accidentally found a new way to kill glioblastoma, one of the most severe forms of brain cancer while working on Zika virus vaccine. Enjoy the awesomeness of medical science here.
Know how Zika virus strips immune cells of their identity

Posted By ANI, September 11, 2018 at 07:00am

Macrophages are immune cells that are supposed to protect the body from infection by viruses and bacteria. Yet Zika virus preferentially infects these cells.
Now a new method of checking Zika virus replication in human body

Posted By Sreemoyee Chatterjee, September 11, 2018 at 12:59am

This new technique can open new avenue for coming up with potential anti-viral therapies for Zika virus and other viral infections that have the potential to cause pandemic.
First human trial underway for live, weakened Zika vaccine

Posted By Editorial Team, August 20, 2018 at 12:43pm

The trial will be done among 28 non-pregnant, healthy adults aged between 18 to 50 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Immunization Research in Baltimore, Maryland.