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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

    Zika virus: Delayed treatment can cause these complications

    Here, we tell you about few complications that may occur if you delay your treatment.

  • Adopt these methods and prevent Zika virus

    Adopt these methods and prevent Zika virus

    Here are some of the effective tips to prevent Zika virus infection.

  • Zika-exposed infants may face abnormalities despite normal assessment

    Zika-exposed infants may face abnormalities despite normal assessment

    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

    World Malaria Day 2019: 6 maladies of a mosquito bite

    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

    Zika virus can now be combated using 6 new antibodies

    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

    6 new antibodies generated to combat Zika

    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

    ICMR will soon conduct trials of indigenously developed Zika vaccine

    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

    Zika virus cases rise to 72 in Jaipur

    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

    Zika outbreak: Total 50 test positive in Rajasthan

    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

    Zika spread under control in Japiur says Rajasthan Health minister Kalicharan Saraf

    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

    Zika virus: Government confirms 29 cases in Jaipur

    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

    Zika Outbreak: 29 people test positive in Rajasthan

    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

    Zika virus: Health ministry confirms 22 cases in Rajasthan

    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

    Zika Virus: Try these natural solutions to deal with it

    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

    Zika Virus: Central team sent to Jaipur after 8 more people test positive

    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

    Jaipur: 90 pregnant women under close watch for Zika virus

    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

    This Zika virus vaccine could be a potential killer of one of the deadliest brain cancers, finds study

    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

    Know how Zika virus strips immune cells of their identity

    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

    Now a new method of checking Zika virus replication in human body

    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

    First human trial underway for live, weakened Zika vaccine

    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.

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