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FDA research to help speed development of Zika virus vaccines and therapeutics

FDA research to help speed development of Zika virus vaccines and therapeutics

EspañolPortuguêsA new mouse model developed by scientists at the U.S. Food and addiction/">addiction/">addiction/">addiction/">addiction/">addiction/">addiction/">addiction/">Drug Administration may help in exploring the potential activity of virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">Zika virus vaccines and therapeutics.Published today in PLoS Pathogens , is the description of a neonatal mouse model that provides a platform for potentially improving and expediting studies to understand the causes and effects (pathology) of the Zika virus.The recent spread of the Zika virus and its association with increased rates of neurological disorders and complex congenital syndromes, such as microcephaly in babies and Guillain-Barré Syndrome in adults, has created an urgent need for animal models to examine the virus' pathology.


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Scientists develop new mouse model to aid Zika virus research

Scientists develop new mouse model to aid Zika virus research

Mice with healthy immune systems could provide new insights into virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">Zika virus pathology and treatmentResearchers have developed a new mouse model that could be used in Zika research to better understand the virus and find new treatments, according to a study published in PLOS Pathogens.A person infected with Zika virus usually has no symptoms or only has mild ones.However, in recent outbreaks, the virus has been linked to increased rates of neurological disorders and birth defects.


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Study: Zika virus can linger on hard surfaces

Study: Zika virus can linger on hard surfaces

virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">Zika virus can be transmitted from an environmental source—underscored by a worker infected from a needle stick injury in a Pennsylvania lab earlier this year—and a study today found that it can survive several hours on nonporous surfaces but is easily killed by commonly used disinfectants.In other developments, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) in a holiday travel warning yesterday said local spread is occurring in many of Mexico's most popular tourist destinations and in one state that borders Arizona.Disinfection differed on surfaces with bloodThe study of Zika survival on surfaces was presented in Denver at the annual meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS).

FDA research to help speed development of Zika virus vaccines and therapeutics