Sentences with phrase «transmitted flavivirus»
Dengue fever is caused by a mosquito - transmitted flavivirus resembling Zika virus.
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Based on what they learned, they used the model to test the combination of Zika virus with all the mosquito species known to transmit at least one flavivirus.
It notes some of the critical scientific questions regarding Zika that deserve further exploration, including: whether certain viral mutations occurred to facilitate its geographical spread; if different species of Aedes mosquitoes are capable of transmitting Zika and what that may mean for future transmission; what is apparently unique to Zika compared to other more well - known flaviviruses, such as dengue, that can explain why it can cause congenital infections, neurological conditions and encephalitis, transmit sexually and persist for long periods of time in multiple parts of the human body; and whether preexisting immunity to other related flaviviruses may impact Zika exposure and infection.
«Most flaviviruses are zoonotic,» meaning they can be transmitted from animals to people, Gao says, «so infection of human beings can not be ruled out.»
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus (Flaviviridae family genus flavivirus [1] transmitted by mosquitoes.
Col. Thomas reminds us, «The WRAIR has been studying flaviviruses for over 100 years, since Walter Reed and his team discovered that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes.»