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Jan 4

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India Asks CDC to Withdraw Zika Travel Alert

Zika virus in India reported to not have the gene responsible for causing microcephaly

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Dec 25

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Flowery Deterrents for Dengue, Yellow Fever, and Zika Viruses

Chrysanthemums offer protection from infectious disease-carrying mosquitoes

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Dec 20

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Nebraska Team Joins the Zika Vaccine Race

First report of a vaccine that uses the prM-E genes of Zika virus to induce protective immunity without inducing anti-Zika virus antibodies

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Dec 19

3 min read

Zika Vaccine Candidate Leverages Yellow Fever Vaccine

Yellow fever-Zika chimeric virus vaccine candidate protects against Zika infection and congenital malformations in mice

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Dec 15

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Zika Virus Vaccines Should Be Focused on Childbearing Women

Puerto Rico remains a Zika virus hot spot

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