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Zika virus may linger in babies' blood for months, with unknown effects
Zika virus may linger in babies' blood for months, with unknown effects
Luhandra Vitoria, seen here at 7 months, was born with microcephaly.She sits with her sister Jasminy on June 1, 2016 in Recife, Brazil.(Photo: Mario Tama, Getty Images)The Zika virus may linger in the blood of an infected baby for more than two months, according to a new study from Brazil that raises concerns about the potential of the virus to continue inflicting damage to an infant's brain even after birth.
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New study links Zika virus to memory loss in adults
New study links Zika virus to memory loss in adults
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – A new study out of The Rockefeller University has linked Zika to things like memory loss.Researchers there injected mice with the virus, and then used fluorescent lights to study which areas of the mice's brain were impacted by it.When comparing those sections to human brains, researchers found the possibility of memory loss.
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Zika virus may linger in blood of infected babies for months: study
Zika virus may linger in blood of infected babies for months: study
Washington: Zika may linger in the blood of an infected baby for more than two months, suggests a new study from Brazil that raises concerns about the potential of the virus to damage an infant's brain even after birth.Physicians at the Santa Casa de Misericordia and researchers from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil described the case of a baby born with Zika infection in January, who remained infected by the virus even two months and one week after birth.This is the first reported case of prolonged Zika infection in newborns, researchers wrote in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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