Neuroblastoma: Zika virus is effective in eliminating tumors in mice
The Zika virus could help destroy neuroblastomas, tumors that affect children, according to the results of a study on mice. ...
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Zika virus: how the infection affects the brain of newborns?
A US study has determined how the Zika virus impairs babies' developing brains during pregnancy. THE ESSENTIAL Aedes mosquitoes, including ...
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Tiger mosquito: 3 diseases it can transmit
The tiger mosquito, which has colonized a large part of metropolitan departments, can be a vector of several diseases. THE ...
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Will there soon be an application to detect the Zika virus?
© ShutterstockWill we soon be able to do a self-test and get a result quickly against the Zika virus? This ...
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Zika: an app to detect the virus in the blood
What if it was possible to detect the Zika virus easily and quickly, without having to go through the blood ...
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Why do mosquitoes like us so much?
A team of researchers has discovered why and how a species of mosquito that transmits Zika, malaria and dengue only ...
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Stem cells, promise of new antiviral treatments?
Stem cells would be able to produce a protein that protects them from RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2 and Zika. Ultimately, ...
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The tiger mosquito attacks in France and Florida has a parade
In France, the tiger mosquito is now active in 63 departments. In Florida, a biotechnology company launches the counterattack. THE ...
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Zika: the virus harms the development of the retina during pregnancy
In a study conducted on monkeys, researchers found that fetuses exposed to the virus have abnormal retinal development. After childbirth, ...
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Chikungunya, zika, dengue: the tiger mosquito is progressing in France
The mosquito extends its presence in France by 9 additional departments in one year. Among the 51 departments where it ...
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Florida releases 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes
The objective is to prevent the reproduction of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, vector of diseases such as Zika or dengue ...
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Zika: how does the virus block the immune system?
A protein allows the virus to prevent the immune system from reacting to the infection. Every virus acts on our ...
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Tiger mosquito red alert: 57 French departments concerned
According to the Vigilance-moustiques site, the risk of being bitten by the tiger mosquito is now maximum in 57 departments ...
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Why searching for a lot of information during an outbreak isn’t always a good idea
During an epidemic, the more information you accumulate about the virus, the more you realize that you don't know anything. ...
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Zika: babies exposed to the virus suffer from developmental delay
While most babies exposed to the Zika virus in utero do not suffer from congenital malformations, on the other hand, ...
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At high doses, the Zika vaccine can protect pregnant women and fetuses
Thanks to this research, scientists believe they can protect the mother and her fetus from complications related to the Zika ...
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Case of Zika in the Var: medical investigation in Hyères
Doctors from Public Health France are currently investigating in Hyères, in the Var, to try to understand how three inhabitants ...
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Insulin could play a vital role in controlling mosquito-borne viruses
This discovery could potentially limit the spread of dengue fever, Zika virus and West Nile virus. Viruses carried by mosquitoes ...
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Dengue fever, malaria, Zika… to reduce diseases, the UN wants to sterilize mosquitoes
To reduce the number of deaths due to infections spread by mosquito bites, the UN wants to try to reduce ...
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Is metropolitan France at risk of a Zika epidemic?
© Fotolia"The risk of importation and spread of the Zika virus in Europe should not be underestimated". This is the ...
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5 questions about the Zika virus
© ThinkstockWhat is Zika?Zika is a virus similar to those of dengue fever and some yellow fever. He transmitted by ...
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Zika: female mosquitoes transmit the virus to their eggs
Female tiger mosquitoes transmit the Zika virus to their offspring, according to the results of a study published in the ...
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Zika: 641 cases of microcephaly confirmed in Brazil
© iStockPhotosThe balance sheet ofZika virus outbreak keeps getting heavier. The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced that the number of ...
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Zika: first case in Mayotte
The first case of Zika was detected in Mayotte, a French overseas department, according to a announcement from the Mayotte ...
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Zika: first sexual contamination in France
The first case of sexual contamination of the Zika virus has been diagnosed in France. According to a statement from ...
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The Zika epidemic would be the result of the abandonment of mosquito control
© Fotolia"For Zika, we were taken by surprise again". During its opening address of the 69th World Health Assembly, in ...
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The spread of the Zika virus worries the WHO
© ThinkstockThe Zika virus is already present in 21 of the 55 countries in America, announced theWorld Health Organization (WHO) ...
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Zika: the epidemic threatens several American states
© iStockPhotosAnthony Fauci, director of the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States has just declared on ...
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An effective dewormer against the Zika virus?
A dewormer commonly used to treat tapeworm may be effective in stopping the Zika virus, according to the results of ...
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Zika vaccine: trials can start
© fotoliaThe US Food and drug administration (FDA) has just given the green light to the first experimental vaccine against ...
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