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Yale conducts research on how Zika virus infects placenta, causes brain damage in fetuses
Yale conducts research on how Zika virus infects placenta, causes brain damage in fetuses
Please enable Javascript to watch this videoNEW HAVEN--Yale has been conducting research on the Zika virus, and has discovered some key information about how Zika infects us and causes damage.According to the most recent study, the infection caused by Zika diverts a protein that is necessary for brain cell production for a developing a human fetus.It also kills brain stem cells.
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Zika babies may have a spectrum of brain damage beyond microcephaly
Zika babies may have a spectrum of brain damage beyond microcephaly
Much of the public alarm about Zika has focused on the dramatic, heart-breaking pictures of children with a condition known as microcephaly characterized by an abnormally small head.But a paper published Tuesday from the epicenter of the epidemic in northeastern Brazil shows that the damage to a baby's brain may be far more extensive and diverse than has been previously known.While there have been sporadic case studies about fetal abnormalities beyond microcephaly, this is the first to provide a comprehensive breakdown of the type of defects that radiologists are seeing in the womb and after babies are born.
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Can Zika virus damage an infected infant's brain after birth?
Can Zika virus damage an infected infant's brain after birth?
A new report from Brazil raises questions about whether the Zika virus can continue to damage an infected infant's brain after birth.An infant in Sao Paulo whose mother was infected late in her second trimester was born without any visible birth defects.But testing showed the baby had the Zika virus in his blood; the virus remained in his system for at least a couple of months.
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