Mosquito-borne viruses linked to stroke
(World News Brazil)

Washington: A deadly combination of two mosquito-borne viruses may be a trigger for stroke, suggest the findings of novel research, which was published in the journal The Lancet Neurology. University of Liverpool researchers and Brazilian collaborators have been investigating the link between neurological disease and infection with the viruses Zika and chikungunya. These viruses, which mostly circulate in the tropics, cause large outbreaks of rash and fever in places like Brazil and India. Zika is widely known to cause brain damage in babies following infection in pregnancy, but the new research shows it can also cause nervous system disease in adults. The study of 201 adults with new-onset...