https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/11/02/561138767/scientists-solve-50-year-old-mystery-about-breakbone-fever In 1954, a mysterious disease struck children in Manila. They were showing up at hospitals with internal bleeding. Their blood vessels were...
https://www.voanews.com/a/prior-dengue-infection-may-make-zika-worse-study-shows/3789695.html Zika, like dengue fever and West Nile virus, is in a family of mosquito-borne viruses called flaviviruses. A new study suggests that Zika can be much worse for people...
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/49031/title/Anti-Flavivirus-Antibodies-Enhance-Zika-Infection-in-Mice/ Researchers report evidence of antibody-dependent enhancement in a Zika-infected, immunocompromised mouse model. Written By Anna Azvolinsky...
https://www.the-scientist.com/a-single-mutation-in-zika-led-to-devastating-effects-30823 One amino acid change within a viral structural protein makes the difference between mild cases of brain damage and severe microcephaly in mice. Written byAnna Azvolinsky One...
https://www.the-scientist.com/dengue-infection-impairs-immune-defense-against-zika-31055 A memory B cell response to Zika virus in dengue-infected patients produced antibodies that were poorly neutralizing in vitro and instead enhanced infection. Written byCatherine...
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/getting-dengue-first-may-make-zika-infection-much-worse Cell, mice experiments reveal antibodies gone rogue By Aimee Cunningham Being immune to a virus is a good thing, until it’s not. That’s the lesson from a study that sought to...