Guillain-Barré syndrome

A mosquito. Credit: bsgphotos/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Zika Virus’s Effects Getting Clearer, But Not on Why it’s Not Struck in India Yet

Raghavi Rao Kodati 29/06/2016

As the 2016 Olympic games are a little more...

A mosquito. Credit: edans/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

An Eventful April 2016 So Far for Zika Research

Nandita Jayaraj 19/04/2016

We know a lot more about the origins of...

A representation of the surface of the Zika virus with protruding envelope glycoproteins (red) shown. Credit: Kuhn and Rossmann research groups, Purdue University

Ultra-HD Map of Zika Virus Reveals Important Structural Secrets

Nandita Jayaraj 31/03/2016

An up-close and personal view of the notorious virus...

A firefighter involved in a sanitation drive to protect against mosquito-borne diseases in Brasilia. Credit: agenciabrasilia/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Zika: ‘The More We Know, the Worse Things Look’

Nandita Jayaraj 26/03/2016

WHO concedes that there's still no scientific proof that...

A scanning electron microscope-derived image of Campylobacter jejuni, which triggers about 30% of cases of Guillain–Barré syndrome. Caption & credit: Wikimedia Commons

First Strong Sign That Zika Can Cause the Debilitating Guillain–Barré Syndrome

Nandita Jayaraj 01/03/2016

Scientists agree that it’s a good idea for countries...

India has for long been a breeding ground for mosquitoes and mosquito-carried diseases, and so its authorities should be on the alert for a possible Zika virus invasion in the near future. A mosquito. Credit: turkletom/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

The Things We Don’t Know About Zika Virus, But Should, Could Make it Deadlier

Deepak Natarajan 29/01/2016

The Zika virus has considerable potential to penetrate our...