Zika virus can mutate to become more infectious and deadly
The Zika virus can change to become more infective, according to researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI). This could allow it to overcome pre-existing immunity. “The world should monitor the emergence of this Zika virus variant,” says LJI Professor Sujan Shresta, Ph.D., who co-led the Cell Reports study with Professor Pei-Yong Shi, Ph.D., of … Read more