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Fact checked by Holly Lutmer PharmD

Jun 15

5 min read

Mutations Could Curtail Zika Virus Natural Immunity

Zika mutation NS2B I39V/I39T boosts the ability to replicate

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Oct 26

7 min read

India’s Zika Virus Concerns Continue

Zika virus vaccines continue clinical trials

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

May 22

3 min read

Florida Keys Mosquito Breeding Experiment Launches

Oxitec 2nd Generation Friendly Aedes aegypti carries a self-limiting gene that prevents female offspring from surviving allowing for male-only production

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Feb 24

6 min read

Maternal Zika Viremia: a Marker of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes

Zika congenital infections were confirmed in fetuses and neonates from mothers with prolonged viremia

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Nov 21

2 min read

Africa’s Mosquitoes Dislike Zika Virus

Zika virus susceptibility of globally invasive Aedes aegypti populations

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