There is currently no vaccine to protect against the virus Zika. Research conducted by biologists from Purdue University and funded by the US National Institutes of Health, however, can change this situation.
The researchers used a technique microscopy krioelektronowej allows with extreme precision, at the atomic level, see the virus Zika – informs Rzeczpospolita.
This will allow you to create maps showing potential sites on the surface of the virus, which will be a target for therapy, help in the development of an effective vaccine or improve diagnostics, allowing to distinguish Zika from other similar viruses.
the precise study of the construction of the virus may therefore prove to be a breakthrough in the fight against Zika, who is responsible for the epidemic of microcephaly among newborns and other neurological disorders impair the development of children.
Scientists believe that the malformations occur after infection with the virus Zika roznoszonym by mosquitoes in pregnant women. In Brazil, in 2014. It was recorded approx. 150 cases of microcephaly. From October 22 last year registered more than 4700 cases. In children who died due to microcephaly, a virus was detected in brain tissue, as well as the placenta and amniotic fluid.
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