Repurposing of the anti-malaria drug chloroquine for Zika Virus treatment and prophylaxis. Scientific Reports , 2017; 7 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15467-6 Cite This Page : ...

AI also supports reverse vaccinology, where pathogen genomes are computationally analyzed to identify immunogenic regions ...

Zika virus infects the fetus by manipulating the body's normal barrier to infection, according to a new study of pregnant mice. ... Malaria drug protects fetuses from Zika infection ...

Hawai'i isn't the only state confronting the disease. Officials issue warning after dangerous disease is found in Hawaiʻi for ...

A common malaria drug may protect fetuses from Zika virus infection, according to a study published Monday in The Journal of Experimental Medicine. For the study, researchers from St. Louis-based ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- A drug used to prevent and treat malaria could also help fight the Zika virus, according to research published Monday. It's called chloroquine and it's been used since the ...

Malaria. Malaria does not regularly occur or spread in the U.S. ... Zika virus is a unique mosquito-borne virus in that it can also spread through sex or to a fetus during pregnancy.

Malaria, Zika and Dengue Could Meet Their Match in Mosquito-Borne ... Earlier this month Moreira co-authored a study in Cell Host & Microbe showing that Wolbachia blocked the spread of the Zika virus.

Zika is spread by so mosquitoes, so to stop Zika, you have to stop the mosquitoes. And mosquitoes are everywhere. Fortunately, the global health community has been fighting mosquitos for years. A look ...

In 2016, when the Zika virus first made headlines, ... “There are destinations that might have other diseases that are potentially a bigger deal like dengue, yellow fever, malaria chikungunya.

Yes, mosquitoes are considered animals. They belong to the class insecta, within the phylum Arthropoda. Mosquitoes are known ...