The harmful effects of ZIKA virus (ZIKV) infection are reflected by severe neurological
manifestations such as microcephaly in neonates and other complications associated with …

First isolated in 1947, the Zika virus was initially connected only to limited or sporadic human
infections. In late 2015, the temporal clustering of a Zika outbreak and microcephaly in …

Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, is prominently associated with microcephaly in
babies born to infected mothers as well as Guillain-Barré Syndrome in adults. Each cell type …

Although initial observations of infections with the Zika virus describe a mild illness, more
recent reports show that infections by Zika result in neurotropism. In 2015, substantial …

Here, we report a class of tryptophan trimers and tetramers that inhibit (at low micromolar
range) dengue and Zika virus infection in vitro. These compounds (AL family) have three or …

Human central nervous system (CNS) regeneration is considered the holy grail of
neuroscience research, and is one of the most pressing and difficult questions in biology …

Methods Overall, 242 volunteer HCWs were included. Of the participants, 193 were HCWs
without history of prior documented COVID-19 (Group 1), while 49 had history of prior …

Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are human illnesses that are transmitted by vectors such as
ticks, mosquitoes, and fleas. These arthropods transmit infectious pathogens such as …