Mosquito-carried diseases such as the Zika virus and Dengue still continue to thrive in warm temperate parts of the world, but new US army research suggests we are on the cusp of figuring out a ...

Identification of Zika virus epitopes reveals immunodominant and protective roles for dengue virus cross-reactive CD8 T cells. Nature Microbiology , 2017; 2: 17036 DOI: 10.1038/NMICROBIOL.2017.36 ...

Cross-Protection of Dengue Virus Infection against Congenital Zika Syndrome, Northeastern Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases , 2019; 25 (8) DOI: 10.3201/eid2508.190113 Cite This Page : ...

Yet the close relationship between dengue and Zika has a dark side. There are four varieties of dengue virus. While people infected with the virus one time may develop relatively mild symptoms ...

Zika and dengue viruses are closely related, mosquito-borne flaviviruses. In fact, their envelope protein has roughly 40% homology. Not only are they similar in biology, they have been affecting ...

Zika virus, and dengue cases are constantly rising in several states. Both are vector borne diseases that get transmitted mostly due to bite of a mosquito. Both of these diseases can turn fatal ...

Dengue — which, like Zika, is primarily transmitted by mosquitoes — is common in Brazil and other countries where Zika outbreaks have been occurring in the past couple of years.

Previous exposure to the dengue virus may increase the potency of Zika infection, according to research from Imperial College London. The early-stage laboratory findings, published in the journal ...

Previous infection with either Zika virus or dengue virus has no apparent effect on the clinical course of subsequent infection with the other virus, according to a study published August 1 in the ...

Philadelphia health officials are warning residents after West Nile virus was found in mosquitoes in Northeast Philadelphia ...

The yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, spreads dengue fever, Zika, chikungunya and other viruses that infect humans. Smith Collection / Gado/Getty Images Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes ...