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Mount Sinai researchers laying groundwork to find effective treatment for Zika virus


Mount Sinai researchers laying groundwork to find effective treatment for Zika virus
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Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are working on the basic science that lays the groundwork to finding a way to treat and prevent the Zika virus, a global health risk.In two papers published this fall, one in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, and the other in the journal Cell Reports, researchers identified the three-dimensional shapes of two enzymes critical to replication and survival of the virus.The first study looked at the enzyme NS3, which unwinds RNA and is essential for the virus's replication.
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With latest Zika research, our picture of the virus gets cloudier


With latest Zika research, our picture of the virus gets cloudier
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Are you starting to think the Zika epidemic is the most confusing outbreak ever?Join the club.Since Zika surfaced on the global radar about a year ago, scientists have been trying to figure out if what seemed like a pretty paltry virus could cause serious birth defects if it infected a fetus in the womb and, if so, how often?
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Infant born in RI with travel-related Zika virus


Infant born in RI with travel-related Zika virus
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A child was born in Rhode Island with the Zika virus, a spokesperson for the state Department of Health confirmed Wednesday.According to the health department, the case of Zika was determined to be travel-related, meaning the transmission of the virus from a mosquito happened in an area of the world that has active transmission.Health officials said Zika is spread primarily through bites from infected mosquitoes, but it can also be spread sexually.
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Malaysia confirms its 8th Zika virus case


Malaysia confirms its 8th Zika virus case
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Malaysia confirmed an eighth Zika virus case on Sunday, involving a 67-year-old man who first showed symptoms in late November.An online statement from the Health Ministry's director general, Noor Hisham Abdullah, did not specify if the man from the state of Selangor contracted the case locally or overseas.The statement said that during Nov. 14-28, the man was in Kuala Lumpur, in the Selangor city of Shah Alam and in Perak state, north of Selangor.
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