Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out chemical signals that lure more mosquitoes to infect and spread the disease further, new research shows.

Another important aspect of NSV biology is the initiation of RNA synthesis. Research on the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) polymerase has identified specific residues that are critical for ...

Zika transmission has been reported in more than 90 countries as the spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the ...

Here, we review the most recent findings on the Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus molecular biology and pathogenesis, including aspects of virus–host cell interactions. To date ...

Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out chemical signals that lure more mosquitoes to infect and spread the ...

The systematic review found that resveratrol ... Zika Uses Human Skin as 'Mosquito Magnet' to Spread Virus Further Jan. 30, 2025 — Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out ...

Future Virology. 2010;5(4):469-479. Other viral proteases that permit the virus to escape the host immune response have been described. Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus ...

A study from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine reveals that Zika virus alters human skin chemistry, increasing ...

A team of chemists and microbiologists at Michigan State University has found that an all-optical method can be used to ...

It started as a respiratory illness—or so everyone thought. But it quickly became apparent that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that ...

By altering the metabolism of the skin, the Zika virus guarantees its own survival, resulting in turning humans into mosquito ...