Zika
Top in ID: Cat-transmitted sporotrichosis; hybrid COVID-19 immunity
Sporotrichosis, a fungal infection being transmitted by feral cats, is a potential threat on the CDC’s radar.
Advancements in Zika virus vaccine development
Zika virus is an important mosquito-borne pathogen with significant public health concerns. Zika vaccine development is an ongoing area of research with several candidates in the pipeline.
Top in ID: Progress with vaccines for mosquito-borne diseases
Healio spoke with several experts to get their feedback on the first two malaria vaccines ever recommended for use and how they will impact the fight against the disease, which threatens half the global population.
Researchers infect women with Zika virus to help find a vaccine
Researchers completed the first ever human challenge trial for Zika virus, deliberately infecting volunteers to identify strains of the virus that can be safely used to test vaccines against the mosquito-borne pathogen.
Zika exposure in womb may impact development into preschool age, study finds
Children who were exposed to Zika virus in utero may demonstrate developmental differences into preschool age, even if they did not have congenital Zika syndrome, according to a study published in Pediatric Research.
Children with congenital Zika syndrome 11 times more likely to die, large study finds
Maternal Zika virus infection during pregnancy places a developing fetus at risk for a suite of severe birth defects and disabilities, including microcephaly, one of the most visible tolls of the Zika virus epidemic in the Americas.
Q&A: WHO updates guidance on testing genetically modified mosquitoes
Researchers have been exploring the use of genetically modified mosquitos as a potential control method for vector-borne diseases.
Top in ID: Biden’s COVID-19 response, Zika 5 years later
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. laid out a COVID-19 vaccination plan, which calls for more federally supported vaccination centers. A closer look at what the plan entails was the top story in infectious disease last week.
Zika 5 years later: Still much to learn as ‘likely’ future outbreak looms
On Feb. 1, 2016, almost 70 years after Zika was first discovered by chance in a forest in Uganda, WHO declared a global public health emergency over an increase in microcephaly and neurological complications linked to the virus.
Does Zika vaccine development need an Operation Warp Speed?
In less than a year, scientists created multiple effective COVID-19 vaccines. Five years after the Zika virus epidemic, there is still no vaccine against the mosquito-borne disease.